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CU Independent
April 11, 2018
Millennials are engaging in new ways, many turning to online activism. “Hacktivism” is a type of online activism used by hackers to launch cyber attacks against the government, all in the name of social justice. After the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, hackers targeted the state's main website.
The Guardian
April 9, 2018
Former hacktivists have reacted with bafflement after the Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch admitted that she hacked Harriet Harman's website in 2008. Badenoch confessed to ... For other politically motivated hackers, breaching the Computer Misuse Act has had serious consequences. “Considering othersÃâà...
Kotaku
March 14, 2018
While many of the characters fit certain cliches—the edgy activist hacker, the pale bedroom dweller, the slimy news anchor—WarGames takes time to give ... It doesn't help that Kelly and her hacktivist collective lack any particular ethos beyond hacking whatever is personally important to them at the time.
UploadVR
March 9, 2018
Kelly, an ex-military brat-turned-hacker activist, teams up with international hackers in an attempt to bring about peace. But, as events escalate, it begins to appear that they may have done more harm than good. #WarGames puts viewers in the middle of the convergence of hacktivism, modern-dayÃâà...
Polygon
March 2, 2018
Viewers will follow Jess Nurse as Kelly, an ex-military brat turned hacker activist, as she and a team of international hackers band together in an attempt to bring about peace. As events escalate, they may have done more harm than good. Viewers influence the story by switching between video feeds andÃâà...
GameSpot
March 2, 2018
However, as can be seen in the trailer above, it's quite different from the original. With its emphasis on technology, hacking, and modern communications, #WarGames lets the viewer be the one solving the mystery. The cast is led by Juss Nurse (Scandal), who plays "an ex-military brat turned hacker activist.
KQED
February 27, 2018
Its protagonist is a hacktivist — a hacker who breaks into computer systems to promote a cause. Brown served time for ... Brown viewed this as a private corporate version of COINTELPRO — the FBI's effort in the 1960s to discredit activists like Martin Luther King Jr. ... "Their spirit is in activism," Esmail says.
NPR
February 27, 2018
Its protagonist is a hacktivist — a hacker who breaks into computer systems to promote a cause. Brown was connected ... Brown viewed this as a private corporate version of COINTELPRO — the FBI's effort in the 1960s to discredit activists like Martin Luther King Jr. ... "Their spirit is in activism," Esmail says.
The Intercept
February 22, 2018
At one point, the proposal included the idea to spy on the families of high-profile Democratic activists and plant fake documents with labor unions in a bid to .... The revelation sparked calls for investigations and activist demonstrations on the steps of the chamber's H Street headquarters in Washington, D.C..
KTVQ Billings News
February 21, 2018
June 14, 2016 - The Washington Post reports hackers working for the Russian government accessed the DNC's computer system, stealing oppositional ... During a presidential debate with Clinton, Trump questions whether the DNC cyberattack was carried out by a state-sponsored group or a lone hacker.
WIRED
February 14, 2018
Norton, a writer-activist who covered, among other things, the Occupy and Anonymous movements for WIRED in the 2000s, has been an outspoken voice for hackers, the open-source and free-speech communities, and people working on digital security and privacy. She has been a chronicler and target ofÃâà...
Mintpress News (blog)
February 7, 2018
The UK's High Court of Justice quashed the extradition of activist and computer scientist Lauri Love because prison conditions could result in his death ... for the fair treatment of neurodiverse people, and for those of us who have drawn attention to the dire treatment of hackers and information activists in theÃâà...
The Daily Dot
February 5, 2018
Love's lawyers had claimed the 33-year-old, who has Asperger's syndrome and suffers from depression, would face “medieval conditions” in the U.S. prison system, which is unequipped to support him, and argued that extradition would harm the alleged hacker's mental health and physical well-being.
Santa Fe New Mexican
January 19, 2018
“Anonymous were never poised to be activists,” Coleman said. “There was this big accidental turn that came about because they started going after the Church of Scientology. I decided to follow them because I was already working on a project about geeks and hackers and Scientology.” She was doingÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
January 16, 2018
When it comes to motive, the insider threat could stem from something else: hacktivism. The security firm McAfee has a separate definition for this motivation: “Some hacker activists are motivated by politics or religion, while others may wish to expose wrongdoing, or exact revenge.” Combine these trendsÃâà...
IT PRO
January 2, 2018
Omega was a member of a hacker group known as the Cult of the Dead Cow and was described as the use of computer hacking to express political and sociological beliefs. ... Hacktivism has its roots in the early days of the internet when hackers primarily congregated on Usenet and message boards.
The Independent
November 11, 2017
Muslim hackers claim they have attacked Isis's propaganda network and published a list of almost 2,000 subscribers' email addresses in the latest blow to the online “caliphate”. .... “Isis supporters on Telegram are very confused which one is fake and which one is real,” an activist told The Independent.
CSO Online
November 6, 2017
A homeless, fugitive hacker has asked Mexico for asylum, according to Operation Golden Eagle, an operation run by a group from the hacking collective ... we can see that this Anonymous Operation is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Swartz – “that no more hacktivists will die at the hands of the USDoJ.
Colorado Springs Independent
October 23, 2017
In 2600: The Hacker Quarterly a hacker going by the name Dr. G, poses an intriguing question: “What if hackers all over the world began to systematically locate and shut down any site used for child pornography, sex slavery or human trafficking?” Dr. G says hacktivists can practice their skills by taking outÃâà...
Channel 24
October 16, 2017
Hacking culture has always held a certain fascination, from movies like Hackers, The Matrix trilogy, Mission Impossible: Ghost protocol, and Eagle Eye, to real-life 'hactivist' (hacker-activists) groups like Anonymous and hacking scandals like the recent HBO hack, in which hackers leaked emails, contactÃâà...
The Media Line
December 31, 1999
The hackers replaced that clip with an image of a gang of gun-toting hoodlums wearing red hoodies; whereas videos by top artists including Drake, Katy Perry ... “It can be a response to Israeli violations against the Palestinian people or to restrictions on activists, including those who use cyber space as aÃâà...
The Edge Markets MY
December 31, 1999
For example, a report found in Satter's email from the National Endowment for Democracy was altered to make it appear that Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was receiving US government funding. The modified document was then posted on the blog of Russian “hacktivist” CyberBerkut.
The Media Line
December 31, 1999
The hackers replaced that clip with an image of a gang of gun-toting hoodlums wearing red hoodies; whereas videos by top artists including Drake, Katy Perry ... “It can be a response to Israeli violations against the Palestinian people or to restrictions on activists, including those who use cyber space as aÃâà...
The Bobr Times
December 31, 1999
Only experts have divided the hacker community into six groups, depending on their motivation. We are talking about the countries participating in the international competition, competing corporations, the “hacktivists” — private activists of the hacker movement, is extracted from the high-profile shares yourÃâà...
