Hackee

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(US, dialect) The chickaree or red squirrel..

Definitions by Sense

1. (US, dialect) The chickaree or red squirrel.
2. (US, dialect) The chipmunk.
3. (computing) The victim of a hacking attack; one whose computer system has been compromised.

Example Sentences

The Hackee is one of the liveliest and briskest of quadrupeds, and by reason of its quick and rapid movements, has not inaptly been compared to the wren.

The hackee, which is pedimanous, tried to climb the bole.

On the other hand, the absence of identifying marks such as online or offline names and information is crucial when hacking, because the goal is to be unnoticed, not real, nonexistent from the point of view of the other (i.e., the hackee).

Fortunately for the "hackee" company, its computer security professionals found "electronic fingerprints" left by the other firm's personnel during the hacker attack, which led, in turn, to the discovery of the stolen e-mail.

She had a hacker. The tables had been turned and she was the hackee.

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