The word hacker does mean "people who break into computers" because that is what the vast majority of the people who use the word mean when they say it. It has

The word hacker does mean "people who break into computers" because that is what the vast majority of the people who use the word mean when they say it. It has two archaic uses - the older one is well known to this community and the second one, also falling by the way side, is someone who has a good understanding of computer security and uses it to break into computers. This boat has sailed. And what is more it sailed a long time ago.