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  • noun Plural form of hacktivist.

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Examples

  • Interesting article w/ new term "hacktivists" -- politically motivated hackers.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Interesting article w/ new term "hacktivists" -- politically motivated hackers.

    Daily Spotlight on Education 10/28/2008 2008

  • But Mr Assange has won the support of a collection of anonymous "hacktivists" - computer hackers who in the name of free speech have targeted institutions that refuse to deal with the website.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • But Mr Assange has won the support of a collection of anonymous "hacktivists" - computer hackers who in the name of free speech have targeted institutions that refuse to deal with the website.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Groups of "hacktivists" - Web hackers demanding Internet freedom - say they are targeting Web pages of Iran's leadership in response to the regime's muzzling of blogs, news outlets and other sites.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2009

  • Groups of "hacktivists" - Web hackers demanding Internet freedom - say they are targeting Web pages of Iran's leadership in response to the regime's muzzling of blogs, news outlets and other sites.

    unknown title 2009

  • Groups of "hacktivists" - Web hackers demanding Internet freedom - say they are targeting Web pages of Iran's leadership in response to the regime's muzzling of blogs, news outlets and other sites.

    unknown title 2009

  • Groups of "hacktivists" - Web hackers demanding Internet freedom - say they are targeting Web pages of Iran's leadership in response to the regime's muzzling of blogs, news outlets and other sites.

    unknown title 2009

  • They range from the so-called hacktivists like Lulz Security members, who claimed to hack into Sony, to the CIA, to the phone hacking scandal in Britain that brought down British tabloid

    Thestar.com - Home Page Vanessa Lu 2011

  • Jason Maloni, senior vice-president of the crisis and litigation team at Levick Strategic Communications, said Sony needs to seek peace with the so-called hacktivists to win back consumer confidence.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Michael Lewis 2011

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