Which of the following is a person who uses his or her knowledge of operating systems and utilities to intentionally damage or destroy data or systems?
A) Hacker
B) Sniffer
C) War dialer
D) Cracker

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A cracker is specifically someone who breaks into or otherwise violates the system integrity of remote machines with malicious intent, such as damaging or destroying data or systems. Hackers may not always have malicious intent, sniffers capture data passing through networks which doesn't inherently involve damaging systems, and war dialers automate the calling of phone numbers to find modems, which is not directly related to damaging data or systems.

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