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skyjacking

verb

present participle of skyjack

as in hijacking

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hijacking

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These viruses, known as retroviruses, insert a DNA copy of their RNA sequence into the host cell’s genome, hijacking the cell’s resources to reproduce themselves.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Over the weekend, ShinyHunters boasted about hijacking and defacing CLOP’s site on the dark web with an image of a Pokémon.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026

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