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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

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

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

Halliday was alluding to a famous ’70s hacker named John Draper, better known by the alias Captain Crunch.

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

Within hours the hackers had drained his cryptocurrency accounts of £18,000 of savings and disappeared.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Document storage company Dropbox is informing customers that about 5,000 accounts associated with laptop maker Lenovo were compromised by hackers between Aug. 4 and Aug. 21.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The identity of the hackers was known, MAG said, and the relevant authorities had been informed.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Unlike the hackers in movies who always scurried about in the shadows, Charlotte liked to engage people in conversation.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti




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