The individual who performs an act of hacktivism is said to be a hacktivist.
They signify a broad range of personalities and goals.
Since the whistleblowing, Snowden is one of the most powerful figures on Twitter.
Swartz faced $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison.
However, he declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison.
In June 2013,Swartzwas subsequently inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame.
The Jester
The Jester is an unidentified computer vigilante who describes himself as a grey hat hacktivist.
He claims to be acting out of American patriotism.
He claims to have developed a denial-of-service (DoS) tool known as XerXeS that he uses.
Barrett Brown
Barrett Brown is an American journalist, essayist and satirist.
Prosecutors had previously brought other charges linked with his sharing of an HTTP link to the leaked Stratfor data.
However, those charges were dropped in 2014.
Brown was also required to pay almost $900,000 to Stratfor as part of his sentence.
Prior to 2011, Brown has closely worked with the hacktivist collective Anonymous.
Ron Gonggrijp
Robbert Valentijn Gonggrijp is a Dutch hacker and one of the founders of XS4ALL.
Davis also ran the LulzSec Twitter account.
Information on his computer leaked him to a hack of Sony.
He is also the founder and executive director of Hacktivismo, an offshoot of cDc.
He has participated in both technology and human rights conferences, both on his own and along with cDc.
He has also written articles for The Register and .net.
Oxblood is also an irregular contributor to both the cDc blog and the Hacktivismo News blog.
He can often been seen in the media criticizing the actions of Anonymous and LulzSec.
Deric Lostutter (KYAnonymous)
Deric Lostutter is a hacker and activist known by the online moniker KYAnonymous.
Currently, he works as a private investigator.
Deric is also a political commentator for Fox News.
In April 2013, Derics Kentucky home was raided by the F.B.I.
He faces charges for hacking a fan page of the football team and could face a 10-year prison sentence.
McKinnon also posted a notice on the militarys website: Your security is crap.
McKinnon was also accused of copying data, account files and passwords onto his own computer.
U.S. authorities stated the cost of tracking and correcting the problems he caused was over $700,000.
He faced trial in the U.S. and up to 70 years in jail if convicted.
He is the co-founder of the San Francisco hacker space Noisebridge and has worked for kink.com and Greenpeace.
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