Question

A hacktivist is someone who _______.

a. ​attempts to gain financially and/or disrupt a company’s information systems and business operations
b. attempts to destroy the infrastructure components of governments
c. hacks computers or Web sites in an attempt to promote a political ideology
d. violates computer or Internet security maliciously or for illegal personal gain

Answer 1

Answer:

A hacktivist is someone who hacks computers or Web sites in an attempt to promote a political ideology

Explanation:

Computer hacking is the process in which attacker or outsiders try to access the data of the company or some personnel data to damage the reputation.

Now a days, computer hacking in terms of politics is also adopted by different attackers to damage the reputation of some politician. This type of hacker are called hacktivist.