‘Hacktivism’ Reigned in 2011: Verizon

Hacktivism—cyber-hacking to advance political and social objectives—accounted for 58 percent of the data stolen last year, according to Verizon’s annual data breach report. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking

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AVG: Hacktivism is slowing down business

Hacktivist groups such as LulzSec and Anonymous are having an impact on certain businesses, but in general companies should be more worried about financial cybercrime, says AVG chief executive JR Smith ( ZDNet UK – Security ) View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full…

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Hacktivism: The meaning of LulzSec and Anonymous

Like the mutant offspring of Captain Jack Sparrow and French anarchist philosopher Pierre Proudhon, famous for his “property is theft” claim, activist hacking group LulzSec surfed the web spreading debonair charm, chaos and reckless acts of ‘hacktivism’ in equal measure. During 50 perplexing days, government agencies and corporations fell victim…

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