Which of the following best describes a hacktivist? select one: a. an individual who attempts to destroy the infrastructure components of governments, financial institutions, utilities, and emergency response units b. an individual who hacks computers or web sites in an attempt to promote a political ideology c. an employee or contractor who attempts to gain financially and/or disrupt a company’s information systems and business operations d. an individual who captures trade secrets and attempts to gain an unfair competitive advantage

(B) An individual who hacks computers or Web sites in an attempt to promote a political ideology

Explanation:

 Hacktivist is the defined as an individual that basically hacks the various types of web sites and computer system for promoting the various political ideologies. The hacktivists is the method which include the DDOS attacks (Distributed denial of services).

It basically causes various website and the email with the congestion of traffic with the computer virus and by the data stealing. The denial of services attacks typically considered federal crime and illegal in united state.