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## Some vocabulary
**Black/grey/white hat hacker** : Someone who uses bugs or exploits to break into systems or applications. The goal and the method differs depending if he's a black, grey or white hat hacker.
**Black/grey/white hat hacker** : Someone who uses bugs or exploits to break into systems or applications. The goal and the method differs depending if he's a black, grey or white hat hacker. A black hat is just someone malicious that does not wait permission to break into a system or application. A white hat is *usually* a security researcher who practice ethical hacking. A grey hat is just in the middle of these two kind of hackers, he might want to be malicious if it can be benefit (data breach, money, whistleblowing ...).
**Penetration tester** : Most likely a white hacker who test applications and systems to secure them or find vulnerabilities.