Grey hat
Hacker who operates without permission or malice
Summary
A grey hat is a term used in computer security with a range of definitions and is derived from the concepts of "white hat" and "black hat" hackers.
Originally created by Urthogie
9/19/2004, 1:27:54 AM
Modified
6/4/2026, 3:11:39 PM
Recent revisions
v2.05 - Fix errors for [[WP:WCW|CW project]] (Heading start with three "=" and later with level two)
accidentaly doubled this earlier
turns out to be a copyvio of https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/hacker-hat-types
/* Definitions */ turns out to be a copyvio of https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/definitions/hacker-hat-types
Making a list of the definitions
merging in the history section - it had become very odd to have it separately.
/* Further reading */ That book doesn't appear to exist?
/* Further reading */ broken link and not the focus of the page
/* See also */ random list of vaguely security terms
reword
/* History */ The source is gone, and while the case is iteresting I couldn't find any mention of the relevent terms.
We may as well point out that all the definitions here are different.
/* History */ that link is just a 'people we DON'T like' list.
/* Examples */ Gray/Grey aren't in source and we can hardly count something as grey if the person went to prison
/* Examples */ This is just OR
/* History */ none of those sources involve the term grey hat
Rollback edit(s) by [[Special:Contributions/~2026-26051-36|~2026-26051-36]] ([[User_talk:~2026-26051-36|talk]]): Vandalism ([[w:en:WP:UV|UV 0.1.6]])
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/* Examples */ Removing original research
Reverted edit by [[Special:Contribs/109.43.178.240|109.43.178.240]] ([[User talk:109.43.178.240|talk]]) to last version by Vtipoman
