We can't call them hackers any more? They're "threat actors" now?
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"Threat actor" is more formal. Hacker is a more colloquial term with historically ambiguous meaning.
I don't even understand the phrase? Are they a threat or are they only acting? It's a Jerry Seinfeld routine.
Because they never actually hack anything. Either they fish someone's password, find an email and password combo someone reusedfrom a different site, or someone left root with ssh access and a default password.
They could also have found a vulnerability in the database system, though it is of course unlikely.
Oh no, someone may see the shitty code chatgpt generates for me
pls let this be real
Why wouldn't it be? Leaks happen every month, and everyone has been listed in at least a few. It's not really a problem, so long as you use a unique password for every service, and change your password when notified you've been in a breach.