Hacktivism

There are already some great examples for this week's seminar discussions, but I just want to add in one more that I'm interested to hear what you think about.

Hacktivism - hacking as an activist tactics - came to public prominence in the wake of the Wikileaks affair.  When various businesses withdrew services from Wikileaks after it published the cables leaked by Chelsea Manning (then known as Bradley Manning), Hacktivist groups such as Lulzsec and Anonymous 'retaliated' with DDoS attacks.

Here is a Channel 4 News report on Anonymous explicitly debating their moral and political legitimacy.

Jen