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Never considered that a journalist scraping a website to collect data could be considered a hacker. It all comes down to the meaning of “exceeding authorized access.” What a great way to prevent dissent. Write a terms of service for your website that refuses access to journalists and stories you don’t like can no longer appear.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/12/08/1013440/web-scraping-van-buren-case-supreme-court-opinion/

Hack of the century in Florida. The state admits that all users on the account, “share the same username and password.”

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/08/944200394/florida-agents-raid-home-of-rebekah-jones-former-state-data-scientist

Hacking without programming. Controlling media is still hacking the message.

https://points.datasociety.net/hacking-the-attention-economy-9fa1daca7a37

Old school hacking from long before Neo and the Matrix.