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hacker

[hak-er] / ˈhæk ər /


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In 2023 an 18-year-old British hacker called Arion Kurtaj was given an indefinite hospital order after hacking into the company and stealing data, source code and video clips of the unfinished GTA 6 game.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

It’s genuinely scary how fast this hacker finds her apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But so far in the war, that has been the only visible commercial attack claimed by an Iranian hacker group.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

And on Wednesday, cybersecurity firm Gambit Security revealed that roughly 150 gigabytes of data were stolen from 10 Mexican government bodies and a single financial institution by a hacker using Claude and OpenAI’s ChatGPT.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026

“If I weren’t, I wouldn’t be much use in catching a hacker, now would I?”

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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