Hack

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Leaders of the U.S. intelligence community released a report in January.

Hack.

The report says that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a computer attack during last year’s U.S. presidential campaign.

The computers of Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager were hacked and their documents released.

The report says this was to influence the election in favor of Donald Trump.

Hack means to enter a computer system or network without permission.

Usually, hackers do this to gain private information or cause damage.

Hack can also mean to cut something in a rough way.