But the word hacker is also used to describe a person who tries to steal information from computer systems.

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Security experts also warn that a growing volume of sophisticated hacker attacks take information gleaned from social-networking profiles to trick people with convincing targeted messages.

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New firms are even actively infiltrating and gathering information from hacker and cyber criminal forums.

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An enterprising PII (personally identifying information) hacker can harvest enough identifying coordinates to file an early tax return in the name of a victim, and swipe the refund.

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