Hack into

English

to hack into (hacks into, hacked into, hacking into)

To reduce something to by hacking with a cutting instrument.
After all that work, the result was something I just wanted to hack into pieces.
((computing{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) To gain unauthorized entry to (a computer system), particularly by exploiting little-known weaknesses.
I forgot my root password and was forced to hack into my own machine.
From these log files, it looks like someone tried to hack into our server last night.