Essay On Hacktivism

As the internet’s ever expansive growth continues, the activity of hacktivist groups advances. Although hacktivists have been targeting different governmental websites and networks, their actions are an act of protest and civil disobedience. In addition, the idea of a hacktivist has become misconstrued by the deceived public. The idea of a hacktivism needs to be made more transparent and the actions of these hacktivist groups need to be made more clear and differed from cybercrime or cyberterrorism. Hacktivism is a way to foster change and protection in the modern world, by allowing those who find themselves without a voice able to speak and messages to be sent across the globe.
Hacktivism emerged with the birth of the internet and using computer viruses and worms as means to spread their messages. One of the first instances of early hacktivism was “Worms Against …show more content…
A whistleblower is simply a person who exposes certain information that can be deemed illegal or questionable. The Eric Snowden story involved Snowden going into government computers and leaking information about the operations of the NSA. Why he decided to leak this information is because he deemed it necessary for the public to know what the NSA was doing without our knowledge. What this information contained was how the NSA was trying to monitor the phone calls, emails and other things of all Americans. Now what separates him and other whistleblowers from a hacktivist is that Snowden was not trying to protest anything, he simply thought that the public deserved to have this knowledge about what was going on behind their back. Hacktivists focus on protesting something that is going on or creating an effect to display the public’s distaste with a current event or something that is going on; however these hacktivist strikes can go too far. There are some groups who know where the step back needs to be