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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
Soft targets for ransomware extortion are common among hackers, particularly in the manufacturing, finance, and healthcare sectors.
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Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
And criminal hackers and adversarial states are already employing AI and MI as instruments to identify and take advantage of flaws in threat detection frameworks.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Automated and enabled by AI, criminal hackers will continue to extort victims at a startling rate in 2025.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Last year, ransomware hackers walked away with a record $1 billion, and according to cybersecurity company Coveware, the number of organizations that pay has fallen from over 80% to only about 30%.
—Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Staying ahead of sophisticated and financially motivated hackers requires manufacturers to identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
—Christian Espinosa, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
That means chips improving upon Willow’s breakthrough will be able to help hackers target crypto — but at least for the moment, the concern is only theoretical.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, Ascension said that hackers gained initial entry to its computer systems when a worker accidentally downloaded a file with malware.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
An Ascension spokesperson did not respond to questions sent by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Thursday asking whether the health system paid a ransom and what its investigation found about the identity of the hackers.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
And criminal hackers and adversarial states are already employing AI and MI as instruments to identify and take advantage of flaws in threat detection frameworks.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Automated and enabled by AI, criminal hackers will continue to extort victims at a startling rate in 2025.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Last year, ransomware hackers walked away with a record $1 billion, and according to cybersecurity company Coveware, the number of organizations that pay has fallen from over 80% to only about 30%.
—Ash-Har Quraishi, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2024
Staying ahead of sophisticated and financially motivated hackers requires manufacturers to identify vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
—Christian Espinosa, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
That means chips improving upon Willow’s breakthrough will be able to help hackers target crypto — but at least for the moment, the concern is only theoretical.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Earlier this year, Ascension said that hackers gained initial entry to its computer systems when a worker accidentally downloaded a file with malware.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
An Ascension spokesperson did not respond to questions sent by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Thursday asking whether the health system paid a ransom and what its investigation found about the identity of the hackers.
—Sarah Volpenhein, Journal Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
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