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PWN

What does PWN mean?

 

PWN is hacker jargon meaning to conquer or dominate. In the context of online security, pwned often means that your account or system has been breached, and your passwords—user passwords or privileged passwords—have been compromised. The word originated in online gaming forums as a misspelling of “owned.”

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