hacker
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The alerts included some messages written in Russian, and one included a link to a Telegram channel apparently owned by a hacker group.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Supermarkets in Belgium, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden were among those affected in the latest hacker attack.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Duong and the other researchers kept its existence a closely guarded secret while they worked on fixes, for fear that an AI-aided hacker might find and exploit it before they were done.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
And with the help of a former hacker turned cybersecurity expert, she tracks the man behind the mask to his home in West Africa and pays him a visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
They said that they had identified him, and that he was a hacker and a naysayer of the worst kind.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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Bugs that let hackers gain remote control of internet-facing systems are becoming commonplace, said Matt Suiche, AI cybersecurity lead at security firm Tolmo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
French authorities say that fridges used in medical facilities to store blood for donations were impacted by recent cyber-attacks by unknown hackers.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
With everything from smart TVs to robot lawn mowers plugged into the internet, hackers have a vast new menu of targets to choose from.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Three separate cyber-security firms have deployed fake freezer software traps to monitor how hackers attempt to use them for attacks.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Unlike the hackers in movies who always scurried about in the shadows, Charlotte liked to engage people in conversation.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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