black hat
noun
: a hacker who infiltrates a computer system for malicious purposes (as to disable a website or uncover secret information)
In one segment … Assange reflects on his work as a black hat hacker in the early 1990s, recalling wistfully how he and others hacked into the Pentagon's Security Coordination Center.—
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“Black hat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20hat. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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