Search The Directory The Web for Home > Society > Activism > Internet > Hacktivism > News_and_Articles New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   'Hacktivism' Catches On - Sidebar to story "Generation Gap in the Hacker Subculture". [ABC News]   China: The Great Firewall - "The weekend attacks added to the growing number of acts of hacktivism, in which political activists have used information warfare to protest China's stranglehold on free speech." [Wired]   Chinese 'hacktivists' spin a Web of trouble for the regime - "With a few simple tricks, ordinary Internet users are now making a mockery of the Great Firewall, tapping easily into forbidden foreign sites." [USNews]   Computer Hacking New Tool of Political Activism - "Ruffin is among a growing group of outlaw programmers determined to make hacking more than job interviewing as an extreme sport. They are beginning to experiment with the mind-blowing skill locked in the global network of hackers as a powerful political tool for what Ruffin calls 'human rights hacking.'" [Toronto Star]   Dissidents Hack Holes in China's New Wall - "Electronic guerrillas breach blocks set up by the government to keep citizens from seeing unorthodox news and opinions on the Internet." [LA Times]   E-Guerrillas in the Mist - "One by one, the world's most prominent Web sites are falling to the cyber bullets of Internet hackers. Unlike in the past, the new breed of electronic intruder has a political agenda." [Ottawa Citizen]   Golden Age of Hacktivism, The - "The Scandinavian crack Saturday was not the work of bored juveniles armed with a Unix account, a slice of easily compiled code, and a few hours to kill. It advanced a specific political agenda." [Wired]   Hacking for Human Rights? - Article about the Cult of the Dead Cow, the Hong Kong Blondes, and hacktivism. [Wired]   Hacktivism: the new protest movement - Article by Hugh Martin about hacktivism, including the attacks on Yahoo, Ebay, and amazon. [spark]   Kashmir-minded Pakistani 'hacktivists' blitz Web sites - "Since October 1, the two students who make up the Pakistan Hackerz Club have defaced over 40 Web sites, according to a hacking mirror site." [CNN]   They Call It Hacktivism - "A few weeks ago, several members of a hacking group called Legions of the Underground declared an ''electronic war'' against China and Iraq." [Boston Globe] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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