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The Reference Shelf: Hacktivism

Table of Contents

Preface




1 Phreaks and Geeks




Political Action in the Digital Age




“10 Years Later, What Did LulzSec Mean for Cybersecurity”




“A Decade Since ‘The Year of the Hacktivist,’ Online Protests Look Set to Return”




“What Is Anonymous? How the Infamous ‘Hacktivist’ Group Went from 4chan Trolling to Launching Cyberattacks on Russia”




“Original Cult of the Dead Cow Members Keep It ‘Wacky, Weird, and Wild’ to Celebrate Joseph Menn’s Newest Book”




2 Hacktivists at War




Hacktivist Groups and the Ukraine War




“The Hacker Group Anonymous Has Waged a Cyber War Against Russia: How Effective Could They Actually Be?”




“Russian Printers Juiced by Hacker Antiwar Messages”




“NB65 Hackers Attacking Russian Orgs in Ukraine Retaliation”




“Who Are the Lapsus$ Hackers and What Do They Want?”




“Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever”




“Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine”




“Anti-War Hacktivism Is Leading to Digital Xenophobia and a More Hostile Internet”




3 Hacktivism in All Its Forms




Surveying Different Kinds of Hacktivism from Different Countries




“Hacktivists Seek to Aid Iran Protests with Cyberattacks and Tips on How to Bypass Internet Censorship”




“Cyberattacks on Taiwan Started Several Days Before Pelosi Arrival”




“The Politics and Power of Latin American Hacktivists Guacamaya”




“Environmental Hacktivists Publish 2 Terabytes of Mining Company Emails”




4 The New Cyberthreats




The Threat of Hacktivism and Other Cyberattacks




“Security News This Week: Attackers Keep Targeting the US Electric Grid”




“School Cyberattacks, Explained”




“Schools Are Getting Hit Hard by Cyberattacks: What Can They Do About It?”




“Ukraine Hacktivism Fights Threaten Open-Source Software”




“Hacktivism and DDoS Attacks Rise Dramatically in 2022”




“Hacktivists Are Back”




5 Responding to Hacktivism




Civil Rights and Cybercrime




“Hacktivism: A Social Cause or a Cybercrime?”




“The Dangers of Hacktivism: How Cyber Operations by Private Individuals May Amount to Warfare”




“Hacktivism: Social Cause or Cybercrime?”




“FBI Seizes Website Used by Notorious Ransomware Gang”




Bibliography




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