Seems like you are confusing what technical people call a hacker with what journalist calls a hacker. The hacker used here is a person who thinkers and makes ch

Seems like you are confusing what technical people call a hacker with what journalist calls a hacker. The hacker used here is a person who thinkers and makes changes, what journalists calls a hacker is called cracker in that context. A car hack will be to make it work more the way you want it to, a car crack will be to take control and damage it or others with it