hacker
Example Sentences
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In the Colonial Pipeline attack, Russia-based hackers used a compromised password to gain access to the pipeline’s network, causing fuel shortages and panic buying at gasoline stations.
Over the next few days and weeks the situation only worsened as the hackers released stolen emails that revealed terrible judgment, confidential scripts and personal information—including my family’s.
She said she was unsure what guarantees Discord could give to users about protecting their information against hackers and "other malicious entities".
From BBC
Due to their elevated roles in society, only a handful of North Korea’s hackers or cyber operatives are known to have defected over the decades.
Intelligence analysts scrutinise millions of data points -- from web addresses and malware variants to hacker code names -- that could provide leads in active investigations.
From Barron's
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