Totally agree, let us reclaim the language that was corrupted by those who don't understand it... One requirement for any movement (and this is one) is to take ownership of, and be deliberate about our use of, language.

For reference this is in para. 28 page 10.

Agreed and noted, thanks :)

See also
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1983 Internet Users' Glossary
and
http://catb.org/jargon/html/H/hacker.html
and
https://stallman.org/articles/on-hacking.html

In a formal document like this, use of a slang term like "hacker" is out of place regardless of the intended meaning. In this case something like "malicious attacker" would be better.

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@simondavis I was thinking that naming too originally. I've gone on to propose wording here that is focused on the behaviour of the person rather than a particular cultural referenced name for that group of people.

Are you comfortable with the term proposed in the motion here as "Malicious attacker" (it's what your "agreed" position indicates)? I think is gets across the intention without needing the context of the cultural reference to crackers and hackers.

I've raised a revision over at https://github.com/opendatanz/nzgoal-se/pull/2

agree with wordage around hacker v malicious attacker. Minor point, it's usually hackathon not hack-a-thon :-)