as in hacker
a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information
the bank had to overhaul its online banking system after a cyberpunk broke into the accounts of thousands of customers
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For the next few years, Marlinspike settled into a Bay Area scene that was, if not cyberpunk, at least punk.
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
This week’s picks include a Korean cyberpunk novel, a story collection set in Rome and the true story of a rowboat race across the Atlantic.
—Shreya Chattopadhyay, New York Times, 5 July 2024
Akira straddles multiple genres — cyberpunk, action, psychological thriller — but it’s got some of the most horrific sequences anime has ever seen.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
The developer’s highs are undeniable (2017’s Observer delivered pitch-perfect cyberpunk shocks starring none other than tears-in-the-rain cyborg Rutger Hauer); its lows are arguably best left in the past (2021’s The Medium fumbled a story of intergenerational trauma).
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
This week’s picks include a Korean cyberpunk novel, a story collection set in Rome and the true story of a rowboat race across the Atlantic.
—Shreya Chattopadhyay, New York Times, 5 July 2024
Akira straddles multiple genres — cyberpunk, action, psychological thriller — but it’s got some of the most horrific sequences anime has ever seen.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2024
The developer’s highs are undeniable (2017’s Observer delivered pitch-perfect cyberpunk shocks starring none other than tears-in-the-rain cyborg Rutger Hauer); its lows are arguably best left in the past (2021’s The Medium fumbled a story of intergenerational trauma).
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Cyberpunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cyberpunk. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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