What Is a Grey Hat Hacker?
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A “grey hat” hacker is an individual or group of individuals who may be considered to be in between the “white hat” and “black hat” hackers. They do not possess malicious intentions, but they tend to pursue activities which some consider unethical. Grey hat hackers may exploit security weaknesses in order to uncover vulnerabilities in a system, rather than maliciously attack it. They will often inform the system‘s owner of the exploit and offer to fix it for a price.