[tester34]

top hackers when it comes to crimes?

then probably yea, but when it comes to skills?

I'd say that they're not really that unknown - https://ctftime.org/

[alasdair_]

CTF is to hacking what fencing is to actual swashbuckling.

[tester34]

Just because in "real hacking" you can just smash somebody's head with crowbar untill he gives you the password?

That's fair, but just take a look at how complex latest biggest hacks are like

https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-deep-dive-i...

[alasdair_]

Yes, or more that any workaround for a system is valid, rather than narrowly defined by specific rules.

[saagarjha]

Not everyone does CTFs.