Black Hat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Informal.
  1. a villain, as in a cowboy movie; bad guy.
  2. a hacker who violates the security of a system without the knowledge or consent of the owner or developer, as for personal profit or for the gratification of causing damage.
Idioms
  1. to behave villainously.
noun
  1. informal
    • a computer hacker who carries out illegal malicious hacking work
    • (as modifier)
Black Hat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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