hacktivism
or hac·tiv·ism
[ hak-tuh-viz-uhm ]
nounComputers.
the practice of gaining unauthorized access to a computer system and carrying out various disruptive actions as a means of achieving political or social goals: In this form of hacktivism, the hacker tries to alter or deface a government website.
Origin of hacktivism
11995–2000; hack1 (in the computer sense) + (ac)tivism
Other words from hacktivism
- hack·tiv·ist, hac·tiv·ist, noun, adjective
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