exploit

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A young person who chooses a career in cybersecurity, whether in the military or in the private sector, is providing a timely service to his country by bridging the digital gap that attackers actively exploit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

It urged the crypto industry to adopt new protective measures before quantum computers become powerful enough to exploit those vulnerabilities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Anthropic’s latest model “presages an upcoming wave of models that can exploit vulnerabilities in ways that far outpace the efforts of defenders,” the company said in the leaked documents obtained by Fortune.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Fortunately, thus far, many of these videos, whether they exploit the living, resurrect the dead or just make stuff up are … less than convincing.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Hubler and his traders thought they were smart guys put on earth to exploit the market’s stupid inefficiencies.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis