ABSTRACT
Contents What Is Hacktivism? ............................................................................................................... 322 What Is Digital Activism? ........................................................................................................ 323 Electronic Civil Disobedience ..................................................................................................324 Why Do Hacktivists Do What They Do? .................................................................................324 Major Hacktivists .................................................................................................................... 326
Anonymous ........................................................................................................................ 326 LulzSec ............................................................................................................................... 328 WikiLeaks ........................................................................................................................... 330
Stratfor Global Intelligence ............................................................................................ 330 How Has Social Media Helped the Hacktivist? ........................................................................331 The Impact of the Hacktivist ....................................................................................................332 Is My Organization a Target? ....................................................................................................333 Implementing a Hacktivism Protection Plan ............................................................................333
