1
: one that hacks
2
: a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity
a tennis hacker
3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
4
: a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system
Examples of hacker in a Sentence
My friends and I have been playing golf for years, but we're still just a bunch of hackers.
the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall
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Sanctions and indictments often don't deter hackers.
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Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Threat researchers have confirmed that a nasty new scam that targets macOS users is being actively exploited by hackers looking to get victims to download malware that will attempt to steal passwords from the keychain as well as through the Chrome, Bravo and Vivaldi web browsers manage others.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Conversations via phone calls are considered lower risk, as audio calls are not saved or stored, meaning hackers must listen in real-time.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
However, some in the Washington, D.C. area did have audio and texts captured by the hackers, the official said.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
Threat researchers have confirmed that a nasty new scam that targets macOS users is being actively exploited by hackers looking to get victims to download malware that will attempt to steal passwords from the keychain as well as through the Chrome, Bravo and Vivaldi web browsers manage others.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Conversations via phone calls are considered lower risk, as audio calls are not saved or stored, meaning hackers must listen in real-time.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
However, some in the Washington, D.C. area did have audio and texts captured by the hackers, the official said.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Hacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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hacker
noun
hack·er
ˈhak-ər 
1
: one that hacks
2
: a person who is unskilled at a particular activity
3
: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer
4
: a person who illegally gains access to a computer system
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