Black hat, blackhats, or black-hat refers to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
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Black hat (computer security), 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 ...
Other uses
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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 (or Black hats), a group of Turkic-speaking tribes
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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
See also
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Black Hat Jack'', 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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