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Wild slasher and computer criminal (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hacker

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'criminal' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for hacker that I've seen before include "Cyber-terrorist" , "Modern criminal who breaks into computer systems" , "Chopper" , "Cyber criminal" , "One imposing cuts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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