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Network hacking is one of the most in-demand cybersecurity skills right now — and it's more learnable than most people assume. Here's a story that reframed how I think about this. In 2022, a security team at a mid-sized healthcare company ran their first real penetration test. The tester walked in, plugged into the office network, and within 45 minutes had access to patient records. Not because the software was bad. Not because staff was careless. Because the network itself had never been tested. Nobody had ever tried to break in from the inside. The company had spent $12 million on compliance that year. They'd never spent a dollar testing whether someone could walk right past it. That's the gap network hacking fills. Someone has to know how attackers move through a network — so defenders can stop them. That someone could be you. Key Takeaways Network hacking teaches you how attackers move through systems — knowledge defenders need just as much as attac...