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  2. Grey hat - Wikipedia

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    A grey hat (greyhat or gray hat) is a computer hacker or computer security expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical standards, but usually does not have the malicious intent typical of a black hat hacker. The term came into use in the late 1990s, and was derived from the concepts of "white hat" and "black hat" hackers. [1]

  3. Adrian Lamo - Wikipedia

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    Lamo was a grey hat hacker who viewed the rise of the World Wide Web with a mixture of excitement and alarm. He felt that others failed to see the importance of internet security in the Web's early days. Lamo broke into corporate computer systems but never damaged them.

  4. Jonathan James - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Joseph James (December 12, 1983 – May 18, 2008) was an American hacker (a gray hat ethical hacker) who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States. [1] The South Florida native was 15 years old at the time of the first offense and 16 years old on the date of his sentencing.

  5. Black hat (computer security) - Wikipedia

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    A special group of gray hats are hacktivists, who hack to promote social change. [3] The ideas of "white hat" and "black hat" hackers led to the use of the term "grey hat" at the end of the 1990s. Another difference between these types of hackers is how they find vulnerabilities.

  6. List of hacker groups - Wikipedia

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    TeslaTeam is a group of black-hat computer hackers from Serbia established in 2010. TESO was a hacker group originating in Austria that was active primarily from 1998 to 2004. The Unknowns is a group of white-hat hackers that exploited many high-profiled websites and became very active in 2012 when the group was founded and disbanded.

  7. Security hacker - Wikipedia

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    A grey hat hacker lies between a black hat and a white hat hacker, hacking for ideological reasons. [20] A grey hat hacker may surf the Internet and hack into a computer system for the sole purpose of notifying the administrator that their system has a security defect, for example. They may then offer to correct the defect for a fee. [19]

  8. Kevin Mitnick - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 December 2024. American hacker (1963–2023) Kevin Mitnick Mitnick in 2010 Born Kevin David Mitnick (1963-08-06) August 6, 1963 Los Angeles, California, U.S. Died July 16, 2023 (2023-07-16) (aged 59) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. Other names The Condor, The Darkside Hacker Occupations Information ...

  9. List of hackers - Wikipedia

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    Here is a list of notable hackers who are known for their hacking acts. 0–9. A ...