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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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"Asos hacker havoc" is the headline on the front page of the Metro.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

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

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 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

“Just how much of a hacker are you?”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

But it’s also true that hackers will often keep information confidential pending the outcome of a ransom demand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The hackers also obtained access to unique student identifier numbers as well as information about gender, race or ethnicity, primary language, country of origin and English learner status.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The hackers also threatened to publish the data on their dark net website unless Synnovis paid a ransom.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the hackers did not say if they were from Russia or Ukraine, and their claims were dismissed as an attempt to distance themselves from the cyber-crime extortion tactics Qilin were known for.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hideo has indeed hired a few hackers in the past—to help him work out bugs inside Warcross—but they were way more experienced, and probably with no criminal records.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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