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Black hat

1. Term that comes from bad guys who wore black hats and is used to describe a computer hacker or individual who attempts to break into a computer system or computer network with the intent to steal, destroy or otherwise modify data on that computer system without the permission to do so.

2. Black hat is a computer security conference held throughout the world to discus computer security issues and events as well as train and inform individuals of security threats that may be present on their computer networks. Black hat generally consists of computer hackers, security experts, government officials, network administrators and other computer literate individuals.

Additional information about the Black hat conference can be found at http://www.blackhat.com

Also see: COMDEX, DEF CON, Hacker, White hat

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