New Media Group C (JoonChan): Week 11 - Hackers and hacktivism

Week 11

There are two meaning of Hacker:
1. a person or thing that hacks computer technology or programming; they are known as computer experts or enthusiast.
2. a person who circumvents security and breaks into a network, computer, file etc.

And for the hacktivism, it is also meaning as "Hacker". Hacktivism is according to information security researcher. It is the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals.

These are the lists that happened last time:

Brief historical breakdown on the rise of Hacktivism

2011:

Attack on Fine Gael website by Anonymous
Operation Tunisia: later recognized as the beginning of the Arab Spring
Operation Egypt: Egyptian government websites were hacked and shut down by Anonymous until President Hosni Mubarak stepped down
Operation HBGARY: HBGary Federal announced that the company had infiltrated the Anonymous group
Sony data breach: users personal information was stolen by LulzSec
Sony PlayStation Network hack: the gaming network was taken offline by LulzSec
Operation Syria: Syrian Defense Ministry website hacked by Anonymous
Operation DarkNet: Anonymous broke into 40 child pornography websites and published over 1500 names of users who frequented one of the sites

2012:

Operation Russia: unidentified hackers cracked emails of pro-Kremlin activists and officials
AntiSec Leak and CIA attack: Anonymous shut down CIA’s website for more than five hours
DDoS attacks by Muslim hacktivist group "Cyber Fighters of Izz-ad-din Al Qassam" targeted U.S. banks in retaliation after a Muslim film was posted on YouTube