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I fuckin love these dumbass names they give to hackers.
I love how the name "hacker" was successfully vilified by associating it with criminals, something we already had a word for.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hacker
"The media's definition of the real term malicious cracker. A hacker used to be a well respected individual who loved to tinker with gadgets.", plus a few other definitions.
They needed a lot of physical interactions to pull off this cybercaper.