black hat
noun [ C ] uk/ˈblæk ˌhæt/ us/ˈblæk ˌhæt/
坏人
someone in a particular situation who is acting for morally bad reasons, or something that shows who this person is
The group is considered kind of a black hat in the consulting business. 在咨询行业里，这个群体被看作是一群坏人。
In a dysfunctional organization, it is often impossible to tell who are wearing the black hats, and who are wearing the white hats. 在一个功能失调的组织中，往往分不清谁是坏人，谁是好人。
（电脑）黑客
a hacker (= a person who gets into computer systems without permission) who does this for criminal or bad reasons
Black hats are highly motivated. There's a lot of money at stake. 黑客们积极性很高。这里面涉及到很多钱。
Compare: white hat
- More examples
- After Watergate, Republicans were seen as the black hats of the campaign business.
- "That's the problem with most cop shows," he explains. "It's the black hat, white hat thing."
- In the early days black hats were low-rent hackers, working from home.
- We want to bring the fringe elements of the hacking community on board, and steer them away from being "black hats" - the malicious hackers responsible for website defacement and security breaches.