Hacker News with Generative AI: Hacktivism

Hacking US crosswalks to talk like Zuck is as easy as 1234 (theregister.com)
Video Crosswalk buttons in various US cities were hijacked over the past week or so to – rather than robotically tell people it's safe to walk or wait – instead emit the AI-spoofed voices of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg.
Cybersecurity, Social Media, AI, Hacktivism
4 points by yk 3 days ago | 1 comments
Ask HN: What Ever Happened to Hacktivism? (ycombinator.com)
In light of recent events it is clear that some part of American society does recognize the great injustice being done by the corporations and some people seem to support vigilante bringing justice by any means possible, even straight up murder, which is kind of inefficient - they will always find a new CEO. So this inevitably begs the question of what ever happened with hacktivism as a whole?
Hacktivism, Social Justice, Corporate Corruption, Vigilante Justice
19 points by merpkz 136 days ago | 10 comments
LameDuck: analyzing Anonymous Sudan's threat operations – Cloudflare (cloudflare.com)
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently unsealed an indictment outlining efforts to dismantle Anonymous Sudan, a prominent group tracked by Cloudflare as LameDuck, notorious for its apparent politically motivated hacktivism and significant involvement in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Cybersecurity, Hacktivism, Political Activism, Anonymous Sudan
3 points by raskelll 171 days ago | 0 comments