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as in crackers
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
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as in amateurs
a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science
weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking
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Recent Examples of hackers
This adds an extra layer of protection even if hackers steal your password.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Critics of the law warn that a site operator could sell the ID information, which could also be obtained by hackers and disseminated.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
London — Data including photos, addresses and the names of more than 8,000 children has been stolen by cyber hackers targeting a nursery chain in the United Kingdom, British news outlets have reported.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Servers running on motherboards sold by Supermicro contain high-severity vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely install malicious firmware that runs even before the operating system, making infections impossible to detect or remove without unusual protections in place.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Russian hackers crippled the Colonial Gas Pipeline for five days in 2021, causing shortages at 16,200 gas stations along the East Coast and widespread consumer anxiety before the company paid a $5 million ransom to regain access to its computers.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
In September 2023, Ukrainian hackers leaked documents showing that a Russian military officer was behind an effort to recruit about 200 Cuban mercenaries.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
In 2020, the attack involving SolarWinds saw hackers lace a software update with malware, hitting 18,000 organizations.
—Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The news comes a month after Twitter was targeted by a group of pro-Palestinian hackers who managed to disable the site for several hours.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Sep. 2025
Critics of the law warn that a site operator could sell the ID information, which could also be obtained by hackers and disseminated.
—Ray Stern, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
London — Data including photos, addresses and the names of more than 8,000 children has been stolen by cyber hackers targeting a nursery chain in the United Kingdom, British news outlets have reported.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Servers running on motherboards sold by Supermicro contain high-severity vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to remotely install malicious firmware that runs even before the operating system, making infections impossible to detect or remove without unusual protections in place.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Russian hackers crippled the Colonial Gas Pipeline for five days in 2021, causing shortages at 16,200 gas stations along the East Coast and widespread consumer anxiety before the company paid a $5 million ransom to regain access to its computers.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
In September 2023, Ukrainian hackers leaked documents showing that a Russian military officer was behind an effort to recruit about 200 Cuban mercenaries.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
In 2020, the attack involving SolarWinds saw hackers lace a software update with malware, hitting 18,000 organizations.
—Camellia Chan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The news comes a month after Twitter was targeted by a group of pro-Palestinian hackers who managed to disable the site for several hours.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hackers
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Moreover, most of the 600 contestants are amateurs, some of whom only predict a handful of questions in the tournament, leaving them with a low score.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Even if reaching the fairway on the par-5 13th from the tee, amateurs still face 390 yards to the green for the second shot.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Iberostar Waves Quetzal Playa del Carmen, Mexico A beachfront all-inclusive Playa del Carmen resort that welcomes families with excellent children’s programming, Iberostar Waves Quetzal caters to kids and teens ages four to 17 with everything from cooking classes to science experiments.—
Allison Tibaldi,
USA Today,
27 Sep. 2025
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As his fame grew, Jack began making the rounds on talk shows and often spoke in a theatrical, borderline British accent that left his kids stunned.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Refocusing On Long-Term Results As the marketing pendulum inevitably swings from domination by spreadsheet-wielding geeks to marketing by creative brand-builders, companies will realize that they have been overly focused on short-term results.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In one of our conversations, Apatow brought up the episode in which one of the geeks of Freaks and Geeks, Neal Schweiber (played by Samm Levine), confronts his philandering father by telling hostile jokes about him through a ventriloquist puppet.—
Adrienne LaFrance,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Tonal 2 is a better, though pricier, choice for beginners who are looking for an easy, encouraging, and safe way to build muscle and burn fat at home, and remains our Editors’ Choice for smart strength training.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Collabstr is especially good for UGC beginners.—
Renae Gregoire,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Hackers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hackers. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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