Very true. Hopefully this is all a matter of the reporter using the term "hacker" incorrectly, which is quite possible; in fact likely.
We all know of the incredible number of errors that reporters make in matter pertaining to technology as well as firearms and other subjects.
(How often have we heard of semiautomatic rifles being equated with machine guns?)
Hopefully this is all a matter of another inarticulate reporter and another inarticulate editor....there are so very many of them "sigh"
Good point, Stoat. My confidence in accurate reporting from the media has dropped in recent years!