1
: one that hacks
2
: a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity
a tennis hacker
3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
4
: a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system
Examples of hacker in a Sentence
My friends and I have been playing golf for years, but we're still just a bunch of hackers.
the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
Recent Examples on the Web
Google thinks that Russian hackers are re-using software exploits developed by commercial spyware providers NSO Group and Intellexa.
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
As 404 Media reported in July, some scalpers have used hackers to get around nontransferable ticket software.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
This is a podcast about hackers, breaches, shadow government activity, hacktivism, cybercrime, and all the things that dwell on the hidden parts of the network.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2024
GoDaddy faced significant cybersecurity challenges between 2020 and 2023, when a sophisticated hacker group was able to repeatedly steal passwords, and in one instance to install malware on your servers.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 1 Sep. 2024
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Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
As 404 Media reported in July, some scalpers have used hackers to get around nontransferable ticket software.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024
This is a podcast about hackers, breaches, shadow government activity, hacktivism, cybercrime, and all the things that dwell on the hidden parts of the network.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2024
GoDaddy faced significant cybersecurity challenges between 2020 and 2023, when a sophisticated hacker group was able to repeatedly steal passwords, and in one instance to install malware on your servers.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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hacker
noun
hack·er
ˈhak-ər 
1
: one that hacks
2
: a person who is unskilled at a particular activity
3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
4
: a person who illegally gains access to a computer system
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