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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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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

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

If your Facebook account gets hacked, that hacker has access to everything you’ve shared with Muse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Cyber-security experts said the systems protecting Australia's Medicare were just not strong enough, and a skilled human hacker could have got around them.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

I asked Violet, “Your father, he’s a college professor, but he was too busy to come see you after you like completely collapsed from a hacker attack? Too busy?”

From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson

He agreed that on paper the PHP vulnerabilities were very serious and should be taken seriously, but he and many others are frustrated with the misinformation about hackers being on the loose.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Amazon also says it saw hackers attempt to exploit the flaws, but its websites were operating as normal.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

PHP -- a name that originally stood for Personal Home Page -- underpins popular web design platforms, meaning the flaws could allow hackers to break into various sites, from online stores to government services.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

It can be exploited in many ways, some requiring just a few seconds, by hackers who could use it to run unauthorized software on any unpatched web server.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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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