white-hat

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Cybernews' website says its researchers used so-called "white-hat" hacking methods.

From BBC • May 24, 2024

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

Its value resides in a cadre of white-hat hackers who are spread around the world.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2021

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