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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

Who is Rui Pinto - the convicted hacker computer hacker who dug into Man City?

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 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

Nobody suspects you for a hacker when you can’t figure out how to send a text from your eight-year-old Nokia.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Decentralized platforms like Aave eventually shut down loans to those suspicious accounts, but the hackers ultimately escaped with some $2.4 billion in un-freezable crypto assets, according to TRM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

In nearly all cases investigators have blamed hackers from North Korea, pointing to the infamous Lazarus Group - also know as TraderTraitor.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

While there has been no official confirmation, analyst firms TRM Labs, Chainalysis and Elliptic point to hackers linked to North Korea, specifically the group known as TraderTraitor or the "Lazarus Group".

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Crypto has long been a favored target of sophisticated hackers, but the pace and severity has worsened this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Middle school girls put Jesse and Eric’s picture up on their lockers; geeks, nerds, and hackers in Chicago e-mailed them.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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