Handle or Moniker

Handle or Moniker definition - hacker
Represent hackersÂ’ and crackersÂ’ pseudo identities. They are a carryover from the 414-gang. There is nothing evil or criminal about adopting a handle. Jeff Moss, the chief organizer of the yearly DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas, for example, has the handle The Dark Tangent.

See Also: 414-gang; DefCon; Moss, Jeff (a.k.a. The Dark Tangent).

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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