Agreed and precise definition of hacktivism has proven to be difficult among scholars. Prominent thinkers of hacktivism have publicly disagreed on what types of direct action are best suited to reflect the hacktivist ideology. Ruffin(2001) has characterized hacktivism as a form of “disruptive compliance”. Wray argues that it should present itself as a [...]
The term cyberterrorism was first coined in 1996 by Barry Collin, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security and Intelligence in California. He defined cyberterrorism as the convergence of ‘cybernetics’ and ‘terrorism.’(Collin 1996.). Denning used similar terms defining cyberterrorism to be a mix of ‘cyberspace’ and ‘terrorism’(Denning 1999; Denning 2000b.). Denning determines [...]
