white-hat
Example Sentences
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Cybernews' website says its researchers used so-called "white-hat" hacking methods.
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
Some developers were angry that the university had intentionally wasted the maintainers’ time — which is a key difference between Minnesota’s work and a white-hat hacker poking around the Starbucks app for a bug bounty.
From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2021
And so saying, he of the white-hat and jeans coat stepped forward to the bar, and placed a couple of dollars upon the counter.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
