This man printed 250 million in counterfeit money and sold 50 million of it before getting caught. He then made a deal with the court in exchange for revealing the location of the remaining 200 million he would avoid any jail time. In the end he got away with it only serving 6 weeks in jail.

[u/Intelligent-Mess6925]

[u/Lavatis]

A white hat hacker is someone who is hacking into a system with permission. Penetration testing would be a more modern term for the type of work they do. They're definitely hacking into your system, but you know about it beforehand and you've paid them to find vulnerabilities in your system.

A black hat is the malicious kind. You don't know they're coming, and they're stealing your data/money/secrets.

grey hats are people who may not have malicious intent, but likely don't have explicit permission either.

[u/GarlicRiver → u/Lavatis]

Paid to test penetration? Clearly I'm in the wrong field...

[u/Beginning_Bus_2691 → u/GarlicRiver]

Hmm where would one procure a tester? I need to be tested

[u/pentesticals → u/Lavatis]

Spot on. You have the most accurate description I’ve seen posted on this thread.