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A grey hat is a computer hacker or computer security
expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical

standards,

Fall somewhere between a black hat and a white hat.
Don’t work for their own gain or to cause carnage but may

technically commit crimes and do arguably unethical

things.

Might attempt to break into a computers system without

permission then inform the organization afterwards,
allowing them to fix the problem.

Grey hats might not use their access for bad purposes but

they still compromise cyber security without permission,
which is illegal.

If a grey hat discovered a security flaw, they might try to

sell it to the organization or might disclose it to the public.

It’s difficult to know.

White Hat Hackers

A white hat is an ethical computer hacker, or a computer

security expert, who specializes in penetration testing and
other testing methodologies that ensure the security of an

organization's information systems.

White hat hackers are those individuals professing hacker
skills and using them for defensive purposes.

This means that the white hat hackers use their knowledge

and skill for the good of others and for the common good.

Comparison of Types of Hackers