SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Hacktivism, Script Kiddie, Grey Hat

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

Document Summary

Becoming a member of a particular group. Good hackers invited to join hacking groups. Sensitive data can be sold internationally (login & passwords, banking info, public and private sector intelligence) Hacking to express political, nationalistic, or religious beliefs (i. e. , E. g. , anonymous attacked mastercard, visa, paypal for not supporting payments to wikileaks. Skill level? if you count everyone who has even a little bit of knowledge, problem seems huge. Knowledge of subculture comes from: interviews with hackers. Observational research at conferences, meetings, events, etc. Can listen to how they talk, how they interact, document behaviour. Observe them online, online forums and publications. Membership isn"t formally regulated, function of technology itself. Can tell that it"s difficult to screen people, keep them as members. Dominant norms and values of hacker subculture: technology. All-consuming love of technology, desire to explore it and apply it in new ways importance of being hands-on (learn by doing) Belief that technology can solve our worst problems (technological utopianism)