hactivist

hactivist
hacktivist UK [ˈhæktɪvɪst] / US or hactivist UK / US noun [countable]
Word forms "hacktivist":
singular hacktivist plural hacktivists
someone who changes information on websites or prevents people from using them for a period of time, in order to make a political protest

The New York Stock Exchange's website was briefly forced offline after an attack by a group of "Hactivists".

a notorious hactivist group


Derived word:
hacktivism
noun uncountable

Whether hacktivism is a crime may be debated.


English dictionary. 2014.

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