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Script kiddies vandalize websites both for the thrill of it and to increase their reputation among their peers.<ref name="zdnet"/> Some more malicious script kiddies have used virus toolkits to create and propagate the [[Anna Kournikova (computer virus)|Anna Kournikova]] and [[ILOVEYOU|Love Bug]] viruses.<ref name="Reg01">{{cite web|author=Leyden, John|date=February 21, 2001|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/02/21/virus_toolkits_are_skiddie_menace/|title=Virus toolkits are s'kiddie menace |website=[[The Register]]}}</ref>

Script kiddies lack, or are only developing, programming skills sufficient to understand the effects and side effects of their actions. As a result, they leave significant traces which lead to their detection, or directly attack companies which have detection and countermeasures already in place, or in some cases, leave automatic crash reporting turned on.<ref>{{cite web|author=Taylor, Josh |date=August 26, 2010|url=http://www.zdnet.com.au/hackers-accidentally-give-microsoft-their-code-339305548.htm?omnRef=NULL |title=Hackers accidentally give Microsoft their code|publisher=ZDNet.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120160424/http://www.zdnet.com.au/hackers-accidentally-give-microsoft-their-code-339305548.htm?omnRef=NULL |archive-date=January 20, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Ms. Smith|date=August 28, 2010|url=http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/65571 |title=Error Reporting Oops: Microsoft, Meter Maids and Malicious Code|work=Privacy and Security Fanatic|publisher=[[Network World]]}}</ref>

A prime example of a modern day script kiddie is MuniTM, who, despite not knowing how to code or perform exploits, managed to gain access to "Vxpe Private", a software that is well known for its capabilities in game hacking. He also managed to get connections with actual malicious hackers who, unlike a script kiddie, can make exploits for themselves. He, because of these tools, was able to perform exploits on the Easygg platform and even earn money from doing so. As of now his business still exists. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Nichola |first=Daunton |title=“I was a teenage hacker”: Two child hackers share their stories |url=https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/05/31/i-was-a-teenage-hacker-two-child-hackers-share-their-stories |url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==