Hacktivists

Question 1

What is a Hacktivist?

Answer 1

individuals or groups that use their technical skills to promote a cause or drive social change rather than for personal gain

Question 2

What is Hacktivism?

Answer 2

Activities in which the use of hacking and other cyber techniques is used to promote or advance a political or social cause

Question 3

What techniques do Hacktivists use?

Answer 3

Website Defacement, DDoS Attacks, Doxing, Leaking of Sensitive Data

Question 4

What is Website Defacement?

Answer 4

Form of electronic graffiti and is usually treated as an act of vandalism

Question 5

What is a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack

Answer 5

an attacker overwhelms the victim’s systems or networks with internet traffic of bogus requests so that they can’t be accessed by the organization’s legitimate users

Question 6

What is the Leaking of Sensitive Data?

Answer 6

Releasing sensitive data to the public at large over the internet