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Recent Examples of skyjack
The only unsolved skyjacking in U.S. history still baffles the FBI and amateur sleuths.
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Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 14 Mar. 2023
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The Russian state hacker group known as Turla has carried out some of the most innovative hacking feats in the history of cyberespionage, hiding their malware's communications in satellite connections or hijacking other hackers' operations to cloak their own data extraction.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
31 July 2025
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This threat that should worry you more comes from extensions that might appear to be officially verified, but which have been designed or hijacked to attack your device.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Wolf Blitzer appears with a CNN breaking news update of sheer panic in the trailer (below): The country has been hit with widespread technology outages, computers have been highjacked and there are significant casualties.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Jan. 2025
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Getty Images / Vincent Sandoval / Contributor For the second time in two weeks, printers across the world have been highjacked, rolling out page after page of odd propaganda.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
WIRED,
13 Dec. 2018
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And in 1995, a former soldier commandeered a tank in San Diego, leading police of a destructive, city-wide chase.—
Dell Cameron,
Wired News,
7 Aug. 2025
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) commandeered the chamber floor early Thursday morning to deliver a marathon speech hammering away at the GOP’s tax and spending cut bill, stalling a final vote on the sprawling package full of President Trump’s legislative priorities.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
3 July 2025
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“Skyjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skyjack. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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