someone who changes information on websites or prevents people from using them for a period of time, in order to make a political protest
The New York StockExchange’s website was brieflyforcedoffline after an attack by a group of ’Hactivists’.
a notorioushactivistgroup
Synonyms and related words
People who use or operate the internet
access provider
bloggerati
chat group
Synonyms and related words
Protesters, rebels and terrorists
activist
agitator
anarchist
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derived word
hacktivism
noun
Whether hacktivism is a crime may be debated.
Synonyms and related words
The internet
access number
account name
address
Synonyms and related words
Protesters, rebels and terrorists
activist
agitator
anarchist
hacktivist
noun countable
US /ˈhæktɪvɪst/
or hactivist
Word Forms
singular
hacktivist
plural
hacktivists
singular
hacktivist
plural
hactivists
DEFINITIONS1
1
someone who changes information on websites or prevents people from using them for a period of time, in order to make a political protest
The New York StockExchange’s website was brieflyforcedoffline after an attack by a group of ’Hactivists’.
a notorioushactivistgroup
Synonyms and related words
People who use or operate the internet
access provider
bloggerati
chat group
Synonyms and related words
Protesters, rebels and terrorists
activist
agitator
anarchist
Featured as a BuzzWord!
Incidents of hacktivism stretch back over the last 15 years or more, but in the last couple of years have become more frequent and had increasingly damaging effects.