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black hat
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black hat
n (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Informal
a.  a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
b.  (as modifier) black-hat hackers Compare white hat


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More people should write about the white-hat hackers and fewer about the black-hat hackers.
White-hat hackers are recruited to ward off black-hat hackers, and there are even gray-hat hackers, like the LOpht (pronounced "loft") collective in Boston, which searches for security flaws and then makes the information available to anyone.
 
 
 
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