COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A HACKER
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Active hacking
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Hacktivism
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Activism
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Black-hat hacking
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Detailed explanation-1: -Derived from combining the words ‘Hack’ and ‘Activism’, hacktivism is the act of hacking, or breaking into a computer system, for politically or socially motivated purposes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Hacktivism is performed by individual who claim to be hacking for a political orsocial cause.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hacktivism is a social or political activist act that is carried out by breaking into and wreaking havoc on a secure computer system. Hacktivism is a mix of “hacking” and “activism” and is said to have been coined by the hacktivist group Cult of the Dead Cow.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hacktivists can be motivated by political views, cultural/religious beliefs, national pride, or terrorist ideology. The most notable example has been from a group called Anonymous. This group of loosely affiliated hackers from around the world banded together to attack organizations they felt were in the wrong.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hacktivists’ methods may include data theft, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, website defacement, or the use of social media to spread awareness about a cause.