Hacker
nounid
2695·updated May 9, 2026verified
Unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.
polysemous
Attested in
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Classifications
Entity Type
Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- cyberpunkhack
- plural
- Hackers
- possessive
- Hacker's
- pluralpossessive
- Hackers'
Framework definitions
National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) Cybersecurity Lexicon1 senseview framework →
- §1
- An unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.
- §1
- An individual who attempts to gain unauthorized access to a computer system
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
- §1
- An individual who attempts to break into a computer without authorization.
- §1
- Unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.
- §1
- Unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.
- §1
- Technically sophisticated computer enthusiast who uses his or her knowledge and means to gain unauthorized access to protected resources.
- §1
- Unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.
- §1
- one who works hard at boring tasks
- §2
- a programmer for whom computing is its own reward
- §3
- someone who plays golf poorly
- §4
- a programmer who breaks into computer systems in order to steal, change, or destroy information as a form of cyber-terrorism
- §1 · legacy_primary
- Unauthorized user who attempts to or gains access to an information system.DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
Outgoing relationships
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