Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A villain or bad guy in a story, ''especially'' in a Western (a film or other work of the Western genre). 2 (rfc-sense) (context computing slang English) A malicious hacker who commits illegal acts. Etymology 2
n. A Haredi Jew; a member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
Wikipedia
A black-hat hacker is a hacker who "violates computer security for little reason beyond maliciousness or for personal gain."
The term was coined by Richard Stallman, to contrast the maliciousness of a criminal hacker versus the spirit of playfulness and exploration of hacker culture, or the ethos of the white-hat hacker who performs hackerly duties to identify places to repair. The black-hat and white-hat terminology originates in Western films, where heroic and antagonistic cowboys might traditionally wear a white and a black hat respectively.
Black-hat hackers form the stereotypical, illegal hacking groups often portrayed in popular culture, and are "the epitome of all that the public fears in a computer criminal". Black-hat hackers break into secure networks to destroy, modify, or steal data; or to make the network unusable for those who are authorized to use the network.
Black hat refers to a hacker who violates computer security for little reason beyond maliciousness or for personal gain.
Black hat or blackhats may also refer to:
- Blackhat (film), a 2015 film
- Blackhats, an upcoming action film
- Black Hat Briefings, a security conference
- Black hat, part of Black and white hat symbolism in film
- Black hats, a group of Turkic-speaking tribes
Usage examples of "black hat".
He pulled his floppy black hat forward to keep the sun out of his eyes, looked up at the Tower.
Black suit, black sailor's jersey under it, black hat and one of the blackest faces I had ever seen: a thin, taut, pinch-nosed face, the face of a pure Indian.
Each time the villain, who wore a black mask and a black hat, came on to the screen he booed, and when the hero appeared, riding a white horse, he cheered and waved his hat in the air until Mrs.
It was a very ordinary black hat of the usual round shape, hard and much the worse for wear.
Then she untied the narrow black ribbon, wet the comb and plastered the waving curls close to her head, bound them fast, pinned on the skimpy black hat and opened the back door.