agree. and the term "hacker" has been driven through the ground and back up so many times its lost and changed meanings. Now "i got hacked" is akin to the dog ate my homework or I gave someone my password.

For what it’s worth, nobody who actually works in security uses it, and they mostly cringe when others do. That and “cyber” are pretty good smell tests that you’re interacting with someone who is very out of touch.

yeah, old (by todays standards anyway) infosec hacker here. "cyber" has always a fed/consultant tip off

Yes. You should generally think less of companies that use it.

It's funny since this term is rising in popularity in recent years, at exactly the same time that "hack" seems to be coming more popular in everyday use and losing some of its stigma. "IKEA hacks", "life hacks", etc.

Well in the philosophy problem space, ethics and morals are clearly a complex matter haha.

If someone’s ethics is to maximise chaos, then a full disclosure on 4chan is _technically_ the _most_ ethical action for this person.

curious to know, what's the term which people in the infosec community use then? pen-tester? cybersecurity researcher?

Penetration tester or application security audit. Not cyber.