hacker
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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
Poorly manufactured adapters lack the internal protections for managing power surges, says Bunnie Huang, a hardware researcher, hacker and electrical engineer based in Singapore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
It’s funny because one of my favorite movies, as every good hacker ‘80s kid would tell you, is “WarGames.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Since it landed, the 57-episode vertical series, which follows two couples as they face off against a threatening online hacker in drama-fueled one-minute clips, has amassed more than 150 million views.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
As a student at PS 394, she’d become a skilled hacker despite only having access to some ancient PCs in the school’s computer lab.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
National Security Agency hackers, U.S. prosecutors later found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
For months, cybersecurity bulls have offered that a growing number of artificial intelligence-driven attacks from hackers and bad actors in the Middle East would be good for business.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
Thinking Machines said it tested the model for safety risks, including its potential to help build biological weapons or aid hackers with cyberattacks, and it performed well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The company's new GPT-5.6 offerings and other cutting-edge AI models, including Anthropic's Mythos series, have drawn concern over their supposedly unprecedented ability to identify weaknesses in code that hackers can exploit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
“I found where the hackers have been. Don’t you want to see?”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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