AMU Wk 3 Hacktivism Is a Criminal Activity that Should Be Discouraged Discussion

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Answer discussion AND respond to two classmate post. 250 words EACH

Discussion Questions: Is hacktivism a legitimate form of political protest, or a criminal activity that should be discouraged? Is cyberterrorism a ‘clear and present danger’ or merely a ‘phantom menace’? What is the possibility or probability of curtailing the uses of the Internet by terrorist organizations for the purposes of publicity, recruitment, information gathering and financing?

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Response to Sesan

Hello Sesan,

From how I see it, I also think that hacktivism is a criminal activity that should not be tolerated.
Hacktivists commit various cyber crimes such as website redirects, website defacements, data theft
and disclosure, malware distribution, and sabotage. All these tactics unauthorized access to targets’
websites, systems, or data and should be prosecuted as a criminal activity. Other online hacktivists
have continually used computer networks and other technology as a way of political protests, using
various tactics such as disclosing corporate and personal information to even shutting down servers
(Thompson, 2013). Additionally, there are definitely various ways of accessing information in
cyberspace. Criminals create malware such as worms, viruses, spyware, adware, Trojan viruses,
and ransomware to access such information. While you say that the advent of the 'information age'
has presented a 'serious national security' matter, I do not think that previous cases have proved
this point. For instance, Chinese hackers groups like the Chinese Red Guest Network Security
Technology Alliance and the Honker Union of China organized a sustained and massive weeklong campaign of cyberattacks against American targets. However, these activities were highly
visible. However many cyber-attacks can be regarded as politically motivating, they fall short of
being a real danger since they are barely any loss of life, serious damage to property, or fear and
terror in the target community. As you mention, terrorism presents an immense to global security.
Agencies such as the FBI and the CIA investigate cyber-...


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