In a group dedicated to publishing kludges and various manners of creativity with machines (unspecified moderator), that is true. In the popular press, of course, since a hacker is human and can be bribed or even supported and indoctrinated, crackers are hackers. Hackers are not necessarily crackers.
Hackers aren't crackers, and crackers aren't hackers. Hackers build things, crackers break things.
—Thomas Larsen