hacker
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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
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
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
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
I don’t know what Henka Games does when they catch a hacker, but they’ll ban me from the game for sure.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
Another cyber firm which has deployed similar honeypot tech to lure the hackers into revealing their tactics is Strathclyde-based Lupovis.
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
In cyber-security, a "honeypot" is a digital decoy - such as a fake computer network or file - deliberately set up to look like a vulnerable target to lure and trap hackers.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
In 20 minutes, hackers had made off with at least $6.3 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
“But Alice camped near those hackers and the librarian saw them going up Tenmile Creek a little while ago. I’m going back to find her.”
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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