Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny | CNN Politics
Exclusive: Hackers stole Russian prisoner database to avenge death of Navalny | CNN Politics
Within hours of opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s death in February in a Russian prison, a group of anti-Kremlin hackers went looking for revenge.
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In addition, the hackers used their access to the Russian prison system’s online commissary, where family members buy food for inmates, to change the prices of things like noodles and canned beef to one ruble, which is roughly $0.01
That's surprisingly wholesome for hacktivists. Great idea!
Why is that surprising? The word hacktivist is defined by doing good deeds. That's literally what it means
It may be me being misinformed on the topic, bust most hacktivism actions I've heard about in the news were targeted at hurting the bad guys and rarely at effectively helping out the small guy.
That may be a fair point