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A Research Proposal Into The National Security Perils Of Hacktivism, Carter Matherly
A Research Proposal Into The National Security Perils Of Hacktivism, Carter Matherly
Carter Matherly PhD
On December sixth 2010 the words, “Fire now,” echoed throughout Twitter and cyberspace (Cohen, 2011). Almost inexplicitly out of the ether a rag tag group of internet pranksters came together as a coherent, driven, and dangerous force. They attacked MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal simultaneously. The banks fought back valiantly but were no match for the size of the attack and fell, however briefly, in face of the onslaught (BBC, 2010).
The group that calls itself Anonymous, originally known for its antics defacing websites and harassing Scientology, found something to fight for. Wikileaks, the self-proclaimed whistleblower website, was without question an …