Week 6 - What are the repercussions of being a hacktivist?


 Hacktivism:  a label associated with movement of people that use their hacking/cracking know-how to carry out their personal view of justice.

Purpose: The purpose of this blog is to identify who fits within the hacktivist label, and how do they affect professional/personal internet interactions?

Today's Topic: What can happen is someone is caught being a hacktivist?

There are five main categories when it comes to getting caught doing hacker-like activity that can get you in prison. The five categories are mainly stacked up in regards to how much damage you cause to the victim.

Computer Crime 1st degree: If you make more than $10,000 in damages then you can go to prison for up to 20 years and pay up to $15,000 in just fines.

Computer Crime 2nd degree: If you make more than $5,000 in damages then you can go to prison for up to 10 years and pay up to $10,000 in just fines.

Computer Crime 3rd degree: If you make more than $1,000 in damages then you can go to prison for up to 5years and pay up to $5,000 in just fines.

Computer Crime 4th degree: If you make more than $500 in damages then you can go to prison for up to 1 years and pay up to $2,000 in just fines.

Computer Crime 1st degree: If make any damage then you can go to prison for up to 6 months and pay up to $1,000 in just fines.


https://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0254.htm



Future Items of Interest:
-What are the repercussions of being a hacktivist?
-What seem to be the most common exploits or attacks hackers and hacktivists use?