2a

In section 5.3.3, we described the incident in which a hacker group hacked into the Bat Area Rapid transit system (BART) to protest BART’s shut down of wireless communication in some BART stations. Was this a form of hacktivism? Was it ethical? Give reasons.

2b

Describe a (hypothetical) hacking attack by a foreign government that you would consider an act of war. Indicate what characteristics of the attack lead to that conclusion.

2c

In section 5.5.1, we gave an analogy between merchants accepting some amount of shoplifting, on the one hand, and merchants and credit card companies accepting some amount of credit card fraud, on the other hand. Identify a strength and weakness of this analogy.

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Explanation:

2a)

A hacker group hacked into the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, this was done to protest BART’s shut down of wireless communication in some BART stations. Such attacks is done mostly to stand for some situation which happened previously. Hence, we can say it is a form a hacktivism. It was not ethical as it disrupted the system for some time.But this is also a form of protest which is been done by some group of peoples.

2b)

If a foreign government launches a hacking attack, it can be considered a war.

If this type of attack happens then the repercussions may result to the war.

2c)

We gave an analogy between merchants accepting some amount of shoplifting, on the one hand, and merchants and credit card companies accepting some amount of credit card fraud, on the other hand.

THe streght so called can be pointed out as the money is rolling in the market and the business keeps on going.

The weakness can be described as the loss which is being incurred by the company.