Hacktivism
Hacktivism: Hacktivism can be described as the use of malicious techniques such as denial of service attacks for political reasons, instead of for monetary gain or personal reasons. Read more
- June 28, 2024We have been looking at the hacktivism landscape to help the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) understand this cybercriminal phenomenon for their paper on the topic. The UNICRI paper was released today at a launch event held at the United Nations headquarters where we gave an overview on emerging trends in the underground.
- January 21, 2015A pro-Russian group called CyberBerkut claimed responsibility for a recent hack on certain German government websites in early January. More information regarding its members and how they did have also surfaced.