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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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Cyber-security researcher and author Cris Thomas likened the agents' behaviour to that of a curious teenage hacker - something he used to be himself.

From BBC Sep. 9, 2026

Our water system’s decentralized, fragmented nature, perhaps a bit like our electoral system, is a double-edged sword, inasmuch as its vulnerabilities are atomized—at least a single hacker can’t contaminate all the water in the country.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

Both OpenAI, the hacker, and the victim, Hugging Face, have portrayed the response to this incident as a collaboration.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

A hacker could exploit that window by using the temporary buying power to trade securities or purchase cryptocurrency before the transfer fails.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

I'm thinking that not many hacker kids end up here.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

Now, customers are preparing to be hacked and respond to a breach, unlike past assumptions that they wouldn’t be targeted or that hackers wouldn’t succeed, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Apple TV’s “Neuromancer” examines artificial intelligence, hackers and corporate power.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Amount stolen Aug. 5 from the United Methodist Church New England Conference by hackers posing as bank representatives and making wire transfers to fraudulent accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Three major UK airports have been hit by a "cyber security incident" in which criminal cyber hackers accessed the data of almost nine million people.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

I imagined a news story—girl hackers obsessed with billionaire boy.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green




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