White hat hackers are good, correct?

I had a cybersecurity class this semester and we had to write a research paper on anything in the field, so I chose white hat hackers vs. black hat hackers. I wrote a great paper and got full points, but this is not what I wanted to talk about.

I received feedback on my paper, with the professor noting at the end, "Unfortunately, both groups are bad." I am still confused by that comment. White hat hackers are ethical, as …

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