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Hacker

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Unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.

polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Senses

National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon

An unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary

An individual who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system

Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary

An individual who attempts to break into a computer without authorization.

Systems and software engineering —Vocabulary

Technically sophisticated computer enthusiast who uses his or her knowledge and means to gain unauthorized access to protected resources.

Wordset Dictionary

one who works hard at boring tasks

Wordset Dictionary

a programmer for whom computing is its own reward

Wordset Dictionary

someone who plays golf poorly

Wordset Dictionary

a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal, change, or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
cyberpunkhack
plural
Hackers
possessive
Hacker's
pluralpossessive
Hackers'