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
Set in the year 2032, Bubblegum Crisis takes all the 80’s tropes surrounding cyberpunk and tries to do something different and interesting with them.
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Zero Day War Most cyberpunk games offer players a chance to hack the planet.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Ghost in the Shell
Year: 1995
Run Time: 83 minutes
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii’s adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s cyberpunk manga is a high point of ’90s animation, Japanese or otherwise.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Around two weeks ago, there seemed to be an explosion of interest in Off the Grid, a new battle royale set in a cyberpunk world that a number of top streamers were playing.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Ollie Barder, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Zero Day War Most cyberpunk games offer players a chance to hack the planet.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Available to stream on Prime Video and Tubi Prime Video
Tubi
Ghost in the Shell
Year: 1995
Run Time: 83 minutes
Director: Mamoru Oshii
Mamoru Oshii’s adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s cyberpunk manga is a high point of ’90s animation, Japanese or otherwise.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2024
Around two weeks ago, there seemed to be an explosion of interest in Off the Grid, a new battle royale set in a cyberpunk world that a number of top streamers were playing.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for cyberpunk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cyberpunk
hacker
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The hackers detailed their work in a post on the Telegram messaging service and urged other hackers to follow their lead, according to researchers at the SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks the groups' activity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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So far, there haven’t been any new breaches, but hackers linked to Iran have reportedly been talking openly online about retaliation, one cybersecurity expert said.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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