It is widely believed that cyber-attacks in the GCC region are a mix of hacktivism and state-sponsored attacks. |
Others will focus on hacktivism, targeting candidates and social media platforms. |
And hacktivism does not always involve global struggles that resemble The West versus the Rest. |
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 attacks are labelled as politically motivated hacktivism and strongly condemned both on the government website as well as by opponents of censorship. |
Nevertheless, hacktivism is what we've got. |