Black hat, blackhats, or black-hat refers to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Black hat (computer security)
A Black Hat (Black Hat Hacker or Blackhat) is a computer hacker who usually violates laws or typical ethical standards. The term originates from the 1950s westerns, when bad guys typically wore black hats and good guys white hats. Black hat hacker ...
, a hacker who violates computer security for little reason beyond maliciousness or for personal gain
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black and white hat symbolism in film
In American films of the Western genre between the 1920s and the 1940s, white hats were often worn by heroes and black hats by villains to symbolize the contrast in good versus evil. The 1903 short film '' The Great Train Robbery'' was the first ...
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''Blackhat'' (film), a 2015 film
* Black hat the main character of the upcoming Cartoon Network Original
Villainous (web series)
''Villainous'' ( es, Villanos) is a Mexican Animation, animated television web series produced by A.I. Animation Studios for Cartoon Network and HBO Max. It was created by Alan Ituriel, a veteran of the Mexican animation, animation industry in Me ...
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Black Hat Briefings
Black Hat Briefings (commonly referred to as Black Hat) is a computer security conference that provides security consulting, training, and briefings to hackers, corporations, and government agencies around the world. Black Hat brings together ...
, a security conference
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Black Hat, New Mexico, community in the United States
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Chorni Klobuky
Chorni Klobuky or Chornye Klobuki, meaning "black hats" (from russian: Чёрные клобуки, Chërnyye klobuki and uk, Чорні клобуки, Chorni klobuky) was a generic name[Haredi Judaism
Haredi Judaism ( he, ', ; also spelled ''Charedi'' in English; plural ''Haredim'' or ''Charedim'') consists of groups within Orthodox Judaism that are characterized by their strict adherence to ''halakha'' (Jewish law) and traditions, in oppos ...]
, whose adherents are colloquially referred to as "Black Hats"
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Iron Brigade
The Iron Brigade, also known as The Black Hats, Black Hat Brigade, Iron Brigade of the West, and originally King's Wisconsin Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War. Although it fought ent ...
(or The Black Hats), a unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War
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Special Skills Instructors in the United States Army Airborne School
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Black Hat Jack
''Black Hat Jack: The True Life Adventures of Deadwood Dick as told by His Ownself'' is a novella written by American author Joe R. Lansdale. It tells the story about African-American cowboy Nat Love, also known as " Deadwood Dick" and his fri ...
'', an American novella written by Joe R. Lansdale
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Black cap
The black cap is a plain black fabric square formerly worn as symbolic headgear by English, Welsh, Irish and Northern Irish judges in criminal cases when passing a sentence of death. When worn, the square was placed on top of the judicial wig, ...
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White hat (disambiguation)
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