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What is hacktivism?

What is hacktivism? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Internet) The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites.
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The attacks are labelled as politically motivated hacktivism and strongly condemned both on the government website as well as by opponents of censorship.
Anonymous, a hacktivism group that raises social issues, has announced a plan to focus on the banking sector.
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.
Denning is an expert and visionary in the fields of cybercrime, hacktivism, information warfare and security, and encryption.
This paper provides a thorough analysis of the mainstream media representation of hackers, hacking, hacktivism, and cyberterrorism.
A related concept is hacktivism, which can be defined as political motivated hacking or cracking.

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