| She does differentiate among online activism, hacktivism, and cyberterrorism based on the severity of the activity's impact on the normal operation of target systems. |
| The type of attack and its purpose typically determine if the data is used for financial or political gain, fraud, or hacktivism, Vadapalli says. |
| A related concept is hacktivism, which can be defined as political motivated hacking or cracking. |
| Denning is an expert and visionary in the fields of cybercrime, hacktivism, information warfare and security, and encryption. |
| And hacktivism does not always involve global struggles that resemble The West versus the Rest. |
| The attacks are labelled as politically motivated hacktivism and strongly condemned both on the government website as well as by opponents of censorship. |
