| Definitions | | white hat hacker |
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noun
- A hacker who is ethically opposed to the abuse of computer systems.
- A hacker who is legally authorized to use otherwise illegal means to achieve objectives critical to the security of computer systems, for example, someone hired to execute a penetration test upon a network to produce a report for its administrator about vulnerabilities and solutions to the networks security.
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