as in hacker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the bank had to overhaul its online banking system after a cyberpunk broke into the accounts of thousands of customers
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Recent Examples of cyberpunk
Now, with his upcoming graphic novel debut Martyr Loser King, the multidisciplinary artist offers his boldest vision yet—a cyberpunk epic that fuses mythology, activism, and Afrofuturism to challenge our relationship with technology, power, and each other.
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Okla Jones, Essence, 14 July 2025
The rights have reverted back to Kodansha, the manga publisher that first put out the postapocalyptic cyberpunk story by Katsuhiro Otomo in 1982.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
The same cyberpunk aesthetic that has defined countless Asus ROG products over recent years returns, including the Anime Matrix RGB lighting across the monitor cabinet’s back.
—PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
There are plenty of ways to enjoy cyberpunk these days.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Okla Jones, Essence, 14 July 2025
The rights have reverted back to Kodansha, the manga publisher that first put out the postapocalyptic cyberpunk story by Katsuhiro Otomo in 1982.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
The same cyberpunk aesthetic that has defined countless Asus ROG products over recent years returns, including the Anime Matrix RGB lighting across the monitor cabinet’s back.
—PC Magazine, 30 May 2025
There are plenty of ways to enjoy cyberpunk these days.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyberpunk
hacker
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With cybercriminals already having stolen over $2 billion in 2025, according to DeFiLlama, a 77% increase from 2024, the weaknesses of the DeFi ecosystem continue to prove lucrative for hackers and other criminal elements.—
Sean Stein Smith,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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According to Anthropic, the company behind Claude, a hacker used its artificial intelligence chatbot to research, hack, and extort at least 17 organizations.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Cyberpunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyberpunk. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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