black-hat hackers, white-hat hackers

A Solution to Hackers? More Hackers

By KEVIN ROOSE

What if the problem we face is not too many black-hat hackers, but too few white-hat ones?

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A black hat hacker is an individual with extensive computer knowledge whose purpose is to breach or bypass internet security. Black hat hackers are also known as crackers or dark-side hackers. The general view is that, while hackers build things, crackers break things.

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White hat (computer security) - Wikipedia

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The term "white hat" in Internet slang refers to an ethical computer hacker, or a computer security expert, who specializes in penetration testing and in other ...