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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