Hacktivsts

Question 1

Script Kiddies

Answer 1

Individual who lacks the technical knowledge to develop their own hacking tools or exploits

Question 2

How do these unskilled attackers cause damage?

Answer 2

Launching DDoS attacks for example

Question 3

Hacktivists

Answer 3

Individuals or groups that use their technical skills to promote a cause or drive social change instead of for personal gain

Question 4

Hacktivism

Answer 4

Activities in which the use of hacking and other cyber techniques is used to promote or advance a political or social cause

Question 5

How do Hacktivists accomplish their goals?

Answer 5

Website Defacement, Distributed Denial of Service attacks, Doxing, and leaking of sensitive data

Question 6

Website Defacement

Answer 6

Form of electronic graffiti and is usually treated as an act of vandalism

Question 7

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

Answer 7

Attempting to overwhelm the victim’s system

Question 8

Doxing

Answer 8

Involves the public release of private information about an individual or organization

Question 9

Leaking of sensitive data

Answer 9

Releasing sensitive data to the public at large over the internet

Question 10

Anonymous

Answer 10

Most well-known hacktivist group, loosely affiliated collective that has been involved in numerous high-profile attacks over the years for targeting organizations that they perceive acting unethically or against the public interest at large