Patriotic hacking
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Patriotic hacking is a term for
Recent media attention has focused on efforts related to terrorists and their own attempts to conduct an online or electronic intifada - cyberterrorism. Patriot hacking is illegal in countries such as the United States yet is on the rise elsewhere. "The FBI said that recent experience showed that an increase in international tension was mirrored in the online world with a rise in cyber activity such as web defacements and denial of service attacks," according to the BBC.[1]
Examples
At the onset of the
Around the time of the
Indian hackers in 2015 took down thousands of Pakistani websites including pakistan.gov.pk and Right To Information Pakistan under the attack named as #OPvijaya under the leadership of In73ct0r d3vil. This attack is considered to be a patriotic move by Indian hackers. Government of India and India's NSA Ajit Dhoval showed support to the attack on his Twitter account.[6][7]
The official websites of 10 different Indian universities were hacked and defaced in 2017. A group going by the name of ‘
See also
- 2007 cyberattacks on Estonia
- Black hat hacking
- Exploit (computer security)
- Cyber spying
- Cyber Storm Exercise
- Cyber warfare
- Grey hat
- Hacker (computer security)
- Hacker Ethic
- Hack value
- Hacktivism
- Internet vigilantism
- IT risk
- Metasploit
- Penetration test
- Vulnerability (computing)
- White hat (computer security)
References
- ^ "US hackers told to leave Iraq alone". 14 February 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2016 – via bbc.co.uk.
- ^ a b "Government Warns 'Patriot Hackers' Against Cyber Attacks On Iraqi Interests". 12 February 2003. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- , retrieved 2022-03-11
- ^ "Anti-CNN website". Anti-cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ SBS Dateline, 6 Aug 2008 [1] video link
- ^ "Indian hackers bring down Pak websites on Independence day". 15 August 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ Parasher, Swadesh Shanker. "Group of Indian hackers took down more than 100 Pakistani Government Websites". Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "A Pakistani Group Hacked Into 10 Indian University Websites As Revenge Against Indian Hackers". indiatimes.com. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ^ "10 Indian University Websites Hacked by Pakistani Hackers". TechJuice. 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2019-01-04.