white-hat
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A white-hat hacker is one who finds organisations' leaks and security flaws without malicious intent.
From BBC • May 24, 2024
Ms. Thompson has pleaded not guilty, and her lawyers say her actions — scanning for online vulnerabilities and exploring what they exposed — were those of a “novice white-hat hacker.”
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022
Thompson has pleaded not guilty, and her lawyers say her actions — scanning for online vulnerabilities and exploring what they exposed — were those of a “novice white-hat hacker.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2022
One could argue that their process was similar, in principle, to that of white-hat hacking: play around with software, find bugs, let the developers know.
From The Verge • Apr. 30, 2021
Kirk agreed to help Scott in the dGraph and Freedom situations if Scott would make sure that his articles clearly spelled out the difference between the white-hat and black-hat hackers.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn
