dark-side hacker

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

dark-side hacker
 n.

   A criminal or malicious hacker; a {cracker}. From George Lucas's Darth
   Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force". The implication that
   hackers form a sort of elite of technological Jedi Knights is
   intended. Oppose {samurai}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

dark-side hacker

   A criminal or malicious hacker; a {cracker}.  From George
   Lucas's Darth Vader, "seduced by the dark side of the Force".
   The implication that hackers form a sort of elite of
   technological Jedi Knights is intended.

   Opposite: {samurai}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1997-04-28)

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