hacktivism

The man, who declined to be named because he said he feared arrest, compared the attacks on U.S. companies' Web sites - known to some as "hacktivism" - to earlier versions of civil protests: "It was like the sit-ins during the 1960s when you had college students taking up space in restaurants."

WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010

The man, who declined to be named because he said he feared arrest, compared the attacks on U.S. companies' Web sites - known to some as "hacktivism" - to earlier versions of civil protests: "It was like the sit-ins during the 1960s when you had college students taking up space in restaurants."

WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010

The man, who declined to be named because he said he feared arrest, compared the attacks on U.S. companies' Web sites - known to some as "hacktivism" - to earlier versions of civil protests: "It was like the sit-ins during the 1960s when you had college students taking up space in restaurants."

WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010

The man, who declined to be named because he said he feared arrest, compared the attacks on U.S. companies' Web sites - known to some as "hacktivism" - to earlier versions of civil protests: "It was like the sit-ins during the 1960s when you had college students taking up space in restaurants."

WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism' Ian Shapira 2010

You still hear about "hacktivism" -- this summer, for instance, there was an attack on Estonian servers, presumably originating in Russia.

From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007

Circle the PCs hacktivism The Chinese appeal's organizers said it is unlikely to address whether hackers should reject working for a government or hacking for a political cause—known as "hacktivism."

Week in Words 2011

The Chinese appeal's organizers said it is unlikely to address whether hackers should reject working for a government or hacking for a political cause—known as "hacktivism."

China Hackers Seek to Rally Peers Against Cybertheft Owen Fletcher 2011

This social design practice can be called the hacktivism of fashion.

we make money not art 2009

This high-stakes "hacktivism" makes great headlines, but law-enforcement officials worry that it is distracting attention from a far more worrying trend: rising Internet fraud.

Is That a Bull's-Eye On Your Wallet? 2007

Real civil disobedience is a dangerous act of idealism; Dominguez and Stalbaum's "hacktivism" was a risk-free act of self-promotion.

From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007

The hugely influential Cult of the Dead Cow, jokingly named after an abandoned Texas slaughterhouse, is notorious for releasing tools that allowed ordinary people to hack computers running Microsoft’s Windows. It’s also known for inventing the word “hacktivism” to describe human-rights-driven security work.

Beto O’Rourke’s secret membership in America’s oldest hacking group JOSEPH MENN in SAN FRANCISCO 2019

Only a portion of the attacks are presented as politically motivated “hacktivism”, in which the targets are often state governments that have made moves to restrict abortion or LGBTQ+ rights.

‘Gay furries’ group hacks agencies in US states attacking gender-affirming care Jason Wilson 2023