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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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But little of this scheme—described as a system of “sham” payments by the Premier League—would have come to light without years of investigations or the work of a Portuguese hacker known as Rui Pinto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

For some, Rui Pinto is a criminal hacker who stole information with sinister intentions.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

At a brewery in the River Arts District, patrons listened with alarm as a hacker known as “Colonel Panic” described Flock cameras and governments “perfecting the art of watching you.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

It sounds freaky when you read about how the OpenAI hacker agents all “talked” to one another on special forums—but all software, generative or not, is communicative by nature.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

In my dream, I thought they were the hacker group, the Coalition of Pity.

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

The online retail platform says its customers data may have been accessed after hackers sent what the Metro calls a "threatening notification"

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The attacks were the latest to highlight the vulnerability of even hardened targets to hackers using freely available AI tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Asos users across the UK have been sent pop-up messages from its app that appear to have been sent by hackers trying to extort the company.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

According to Asymmetric, the agents were able to refine their techniques in a matter of days, a process that typically takes traditional hackers months or even years.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was possible for hackers to use modded visors to spoof their retinal patterns and thus create a second account for themselves.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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