When you consider the array of different exploits the thieves had to use to steal this guy's bitcoins, I think that this is a rare case where they are accuratel

When you consider the array of different exploits the thieves had to use to steal this guy's bitcoins, I think that this is a rare case where they are accurately described as hackers. But in the more common cases, such as Podesta's email account getting spearphished, you're correct that calling the perpetrators hackers is an insult to hackers.