In the case of closed-source software, the white hats arguably have the offsetting advantage that they at least can see the source code, and peek inside the black box, while the attackers cannot.

Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot's device, because it used film and "ran continuously in a light-tight box, ...

What is a black box, what can it tell us, and have the data recorders been found from Flight 5342 and the Army's Blackhawk?

It's one of the most important pieces of forensic evidence following a plane crash: The so-called “black box." There are actually two of these remarkably sturdy devices: the cockpit voice ...