Sean and I are co-founders of an IT security startup, Cyberia Labs: http://cyberialabs.coldstream.ca
Sean has 25 experience doing IT security work for Alcatel, the Canadian Military, and Sears, among others. As far as blackhats go, he was instrumental in helping the FBI catch "Hipcrime" (Google it).
As far as whitehats go, we ARE whitehats. We've got the patents, years of 2600 magazine issues, and http://hacklab.to memberships to prove it. ;)
My dad is also a screenwriter, newbee40, so we'd be glad to help you make your character seem authentic. Visit our website, send me an inquiry via the web form on our website, and we'll see if we can arrange something.
Warmly,
Kim