hacker
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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
The hacker sent by Anthropic to calm the government’s nerves about AI safety.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Chompie described "zombie hacker mode" as being locked into research and testing for hours fulled by energy drinks and adrenaline, often wearing a black hoodie.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
It is what’s known as a privilege escalation exploit, and if it were chained together with other attacks it could be used by a hacker to seize control of the computer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Maybe it’s to throw the hacker Zero off my scent, because I’m so publicly exposed.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
PARIS—European authorities sanctioned Russian intelligence units and hackers on Monday, accusing them of a 15-year campaign targeting governments and critical infrastructure across the continent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The company's new GPT-5.6 offerings and other cutting-edge AI models, including Anthropic's Mythos series, have drawn concern over their supposedly unprecedented ability to identify weaknesses in code that hackers can exploit.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
U.S. authorities in April warned that Iranian hackers were trying to disrupt American drinking-water systems by targeting computer equipment that connects hardware with software.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Cutting off 100 hospitals in Romania from the internet stopped the hackers in their tracks, buying time to work out how bad the attack was.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
I imagined a news story—girl hackers obsessed with billionaire boy.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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