hacker
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In an emergency video call with hundreds of cyber-security professionals, the firm described how the AI worked at superhuman speed but also made strange decisions and mistakes that no human hacker would have made.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
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
In the wrong hands, an exploit would give a hacker the ability to edit any website built with Ghost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Well, that, and also because it was completely awesome, with an old-school teenage computer hacker as the protagonist.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
The agencies warned that Iran-affiliated hackers were targeting internet-connected industrial controllers “to cause disruptive effects within the United States.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Since foreign hackers are likely to scan the internet for exposed industrial controls, small utilities with limited money and technical expertise like Braham’s are among the easiest systems to reach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Last month’s incidents have renewed questions about who should bear the cost of defending small, underfunded U.S. municipalities from potential attacks from nation-state hackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
It also cannot be ruled out that Iranian hackers might one day succeed in endangering US water supplies, experts added.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
It must belong to one of the hackers.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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