hacktivist
hacktivist noun: a person who engages in hacktivism.
Noun
hacktivist (plural hacktivists)
- A person who engages in hacktivism.
- One type of badvocate, sometimes identified as a troll, is a hacktivist..2014, Deborah Gonzalez, Managing Online Risk: Apps, Mobile, and Social Media Security, page 66
- However, there remain many cybersecurity concerns about the railways. For example, and perhaps more pertinently, 'hacktivists' - hackers with a political rather than a financial motive - in Belarus were reported to have taken breached computers that control rail movements in the country in an...2023 March 22, Christian Wolmar, “Cybersecurity concerns highlight a range of potential risks”, in RAIL, number 979, pages 32–33
hacktivist meaning in Tamil
hacktivist in Tamil
- வீறு கொந்தர், கொந்து வீறர், கொந்து செயற்பாட்டாளர்
Forms of hacktivist
| plural | hacktivists |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hactivist |
Origin of hacktivist
Blend of hack + activist, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective.
Questions about hacktivist
- What does hacktivist mean?
- Hacktivist means a person who engages in hacktivism.
- What is hacktivist in Tamil?
- Hacktivist in Tamil is வீறு கொந்தர், கொந்து வீறர், கொந்து செயற்பாட்டாளர். See Hacktivist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hacktivist?
- Hacktivist is a noun.
- What is the plural of hacktivist?
- The plural of hacktivist is hacktivists.
Words near hacktivist in the dictionary
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