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136. Money and fame — not just social change — are creating a new kind of hacktivist.

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Recorded Future News
Published
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Episode Link
https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=278dfff2-21e1-11ef-8ed0-af127fce400b&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F8376%2Fclickhere

A hacktivist group called the Belarusian Cyber Partisans rocked Belarus when it hacked into government servers and released secret police files and government wiretaps – the kinds of hacks we’re used to seeing by nation-states. They represent the changing face of hacktivism. Some hacktivists are becoming more professional, while others are falling prey to darker forces.

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