The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
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)
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.