Cyberwarfare

  For my semester project I am going to try and inform you on cyberwarfare and acts of resistance people have taken using this tool. These key board warriors wage wars digitally in the dark net, people can stay anonymous and leave no trace at all. Now in days computer and advanced technology is so easily accessible to everyone around the world. In particular this technology is more than available for every government also. For example in March 2013 South Korean major banks and broadcast stations were shut down and over 30,000 computers were affected. Also in 2014 when Sony released the movie “The Interview”, a group named “Guardians of Peace” wanted them to pull the film due to the comedy plot about killing the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The group released an enormous amount of Sony files containing employees and their families person emails and information about all salaries.
   The group that I would like to focus on and inform people more about is anonymous and all the acts of resistance they have done against people. Anonymous is a group of so called “hactivists”. They seek mass revolution and awareness against anything they feel is corrupt. They have a very impactful past dating back to almost 2006, and they still are around. They have done stuff in 2007 like tracking down an alleged internet sex predator and got him arrested to now in 2016 anonymous Philippines forced them to add security to vote count machines.
  In conclusion people may not know but hackers are one of the most dangerous form of terrorism and it is to the point now that some countries even have it as a part of their military. Hacking websites and hacking in general is so serious people are using is for fraud and to hack into banks and steal money. Despite the hardness of being traced the prison sentences are also long. Governments and countries also use computer hacking to keep track of citizens and surveillance around the city