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» 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]
» 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 polit
» 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 Democracy - Interview with Oxblood Ruffin, founder of Hacktivismo, about the ethics of political hacking. By Mark Moyes. [Shift]
» 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]
» Hacktivists or Cyberterrorists? The Changing Media Discourse on Hacking - This paper scrutinizes the language of government reports and news media sources to shed light on their role in forming a negative image of politically motivated hacking in general, and online political activism, in particular. It is argued that the mass
» 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]