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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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Unusually, the cyber criminals' website where the MAG data is available is hosted on the clear internet and not on the dark net like most other so-called hacker "leak sites".

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

That said, one hacker can wreak no small amount of havoc, as one compromised water system might serve tens of thousands of people.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

An employee at defense contractor IEH Corp. was taken in by a hacker posing as a business prospect, the company said Thursday in a filing with the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Both OpenAI, the hacker, and the victim, Hugging Face, have portrayed the response to this incident as a collaboration.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

It had three holes across the top, and I covered the third one to generate the 2600-hertz tone that had made this whistle famous in the annals of hacker history.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Anthropic’s allegations of distillation come in a report that also describes a range of other types of misuse of its platform—performed by criminal hackers, authoritarian regimes and others.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Rockstar Games, which is renowned for its secrecy over its products, has faced enormous scrutiny from fans, investors, competitors and hackers ahead of the latest release.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Amount stolen Aug. 5 from the United Methodist Church New England Conference by hackers posing as bank representatives and making wire transfers to fraudulent accounts.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The airport group said the e-mail addresses obtained by the hackers came from passengers signing up to the airports' on-site WiFi.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

I’ve got to tell Bando that I’ve found Alice’s camp and a site where falconers, if not the hackers, have been.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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