Definition of "hacktivism" [hacktivism]

• The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites. (noun)

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• "The man, who declined to be named because he said he feared arrest, compared the attacks on U.S. companies' Web sites - known to some as "hacktivism" - to earlier versions of civil protests: "It was like the sit-ins during the 1960s when you had college students taking up space in restaurants.""
• "You still hear about "hacktivism" -- this summer, for instance, there was an attack on Estonian servers, presumably originating in Russia."
• "Circle the PCs hacktivism The Chinese appeal's organizers said it is unlikely to address whether hackers should reject working for a government or hacking for a political cause—known as "hacktivism.""