Many hackers are black hats. All black hats are hackers, they're a subset of the larger group. And that's what the problem is. Calling a cracker a hacker is te

Many hackers are black hats. All black hats are hackers, they're a subset of the larger group. And that's what the problem is. Calling a cracker a hacker is technically correct, but lead to the assumption that all hackers are black hats.