dark-side hacker

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

<jargon, legal> 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

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.