The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 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.


The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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)