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7% of American't were not "just hacked"[1]. Perhaps the HN title should be changed to avoid misleading users herein. The title is very much click bait. 1. htt
by mangeletti 11y ago
7% of American't were not "just hacked"[1]. Perhaps the HN title should be changed to avoid misleading users herein.
The title is very much click bait.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29
- lisper 11y agoI downvoted you because you need to support your claim. 21 million Americans had their personal information compromised. That's 7% of the ~300M population. Summarizing that state of affairs as "7% of Americans were hacked" seems reasonable to me.
- mangeletti 11y agoWhile I do appreciate your honesty (re: downvote), gaining access to my information isn't intrinsically hacking[1]. Hacking might be the means of gaining the information. In this case, hacking did take place, but not the hacking of 21 million Americans, rather on some government servers. I've added citation to my original comment. Anyway, it doesn't matter because the OP was flagged into oblivion. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_%28computer_security%29
- lisper 11y ago> gaining access to my information isn't intrinsically hacking Perhaps not, but saying "I was hacked" is a commonly used colloquialism that means, "My supposedly secure personal information was compromised." But I guess it's a moot point now.