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Google’s top hacker hunter explains why hacking groups get codenames

TechCrunch 8 Aug 2026 1 views

Google recently changed how it refers and assigns names to hacking groups. TechCrunch spoke with one of the world’s foremost experts on tracking hackers to understand why companies give hackers codenames.

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