As far as I know you have it reversed: Mitnick & co. should be called "crackers", while "hackers" is the wrong term. I found this article (I only skimmed it an

As far as I know you have it reversed: Mitnick & co. should be called "crackers", while "hackers" is the wrong term. I found this article (I only skimmed it and didn't look for counter evidence, sorry) https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/a-short-history-of-hack https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/a-short-...