hacking
- noun
- /ˈhækɪŋ/
- Texting
- Brian Martin is an outspoken senior security consultant with the Ethical Hacking group at BT IN.
- Hacking Team
- Computer Hacking
Do you worry about this sort of hacking people?
- Do you worry about this sort of hacking people?
- Yeah, those companies get hacked while they're holding your Bitcoin.
- It was supposedly a hack, stolen crypto.
- But hearing that Bitcoin was hacked, it it wouldn't even make sense.
- These online places get hacked or they can get hacked.
- We talk about the hacking, and hacking's bad, and it shouldn't be done.
- It's rather foreseeable that this will soon lead to a wave of hacking and scamming attempts.
- Individuals hacking you to crash your car that doesn't exist.
- And yeah, so, you know, you go, OK, if you can hack the richest man in the world.
- But again, the the the bar for hacking humans is much lower.
Examples
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Hacking is simply gaining unauthorized access to a computer system.
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This pace continued into 2015, with attacks against Anthem BCBS, Hacking Team, eBay, Trump Hotels, and Ashley Madison, and with a notable expansion into attacks on government targets, including major breaches from OPM and the IRS.
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Hacking is usually, in fact, about breaking through the barriers that have been created for the protection and security of the people.
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These online places get hacked or they can get hacked.
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We talk about the hacking, and hacking's bad, and it shouldn't be done.
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On Thursday, executives from the Gamma Group, based in Hampshire, England, and Hacking Team, based in Milan, are scheduled to speak in consecutive presentations about their latest surveillance technologies.
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On Wednesday, Morgan Marquis-Boire, one of the first security researchers to discover Gamma spyware in emails sent to Bahraini activists, released new evidence suggesting that spyware sold by Hacking Team had also been used to monitor political activists.
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The recent increase in hacking incidents has raised concerns about data security among many companies.
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Experts warn that hacking can lead to significant financial losses for individuals and businesses alike.
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Government agencies are working to combat hacking by implementing stricter cybersecurity measures.
Synonyms
Entering a place or someone's private life without permission
An incident where a computer system or account is accessed without permission
An attack on computer systems that damages them or steals information
The act of going onto or damaging someone else's property without permission
Illegally taking control of a computer system to steal data or send users to fake pages
Illegal access to a computer system to steal or damage data
Antonyms
How Harmful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hacking for breaking into computers comes from the verb hack, where people imagine 'cutting into' a system; reporters and users then used hacking to mean getting into a computer or network without permission. So hacking now often means unauthorized access to systems.