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Conference[]

Black Hat is a computer security conference held throughout the world to discuss computer security issues and events as well as train and inform individuals about security threats that might be present on their computer networks. Black Hat generally consists of computer hackers, security experts, government officials, and network administrators.

Cybercrime[]

Black hat refers to a computer hacker who gets paid to write exploits or actually penetrate networks. His or her intent is to cause damage or take other unauthorized or illegal actions against a victim.

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