I love how the name "hacker" was successfully vilified by associating it with criminals, something we already had a word for.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hacker

"The media's definition of the real term malicious cracker. A hacker used to be a well respected individual who loved to tinker with gadgets.", plus a few other definitions.

They needed a lot of physical interactions to pull off this cybercaper.