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Exploring the Arrest of White Hat Hacker and Its Impact on Cybersecurity

Calendar Jul 14, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The arrest of a noted 'white hat' -- one of the supposed good guys in the trade -- exposes the often murky relationship between federal investigators and hackers. The world of computer hackers divides itself into good and bad by . . . The arrest of a noted 'white hat' -- one of the supposed good guys in the trade -- exposes the often murky relationship between federal investigators and hackers. The world of computer hackers divides itself into good and bad by hat color, and the good guys are supposed to wear white. So when the owner of "whitehats.com" was arrested earlier this year, it sent shudders through the secretive security community.

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