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Understanding Hacktivists: The Overlap of Ideology and Cybercrime

February 04, 2025

Hacktivist groups are driven by a political or ideological agenda. In the past, their actions were likened to symbolic, digital graffiti. Nowadays, hacktivist groups resemble urban gangs. Previously composed of low-skilled individuals, these groups have evolved into medium- to high-skill teams, often smaller in size but far more capable.

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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

  • Rising From the Underground: Hacktivism in 2024

    June 28, 2024
    We 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.
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  • Cyber propaganda 101

    March 10, 2017
    The basic facts about cyber propaganda and the methods used by modern propagandists
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  • Cyber Threats to the Mining Industry

    June 28, 2016
    This research paper looks at the mining industry as a target for a broad set of threat actors, its role in regional and global supply chains, and its vulnerabilities.
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  • ETA Hacking Group Member Pleads Guilty for DDoS Attacks on a Researcher’s Site

    April 12, 2016
    A member of the hacking group Electronik Tribulation Army (ETA) pleaded guilty last week for launching a DDoS attack on a researcher's site.
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  • October 27, 2015
    From new extortion schemes and IoT threats to improved cybercrime legislation, live casino online predicts how the security landscape is going to look like in 2016.

  • Hacktivism 101: A Brief History and Timeline of Notable Incidents

    August 17, 2015
    While not done for profit, hacktivism has forced companies and organizations to face critical security challenges. Find out what it is and how it evolved from being the “Internet’s voice” to one of today's biggest security threats.
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  • January 21, 2015
    A 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.

  • 5 Questions for Web Admins as Attacks on Hong Kong Government Sites Continue

    October 14, 2014
    As agents of online hacktivist movements continue to target the websites of government, education, health, and other industries, what can web administrators do to prepare for them?
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