Loic Will Tear Us Apart
The Impact of Tool Design and Media Portrayals in the Success of Activist DDOS Attacks
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757330 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Molly Sauter (0000-0001-9242-6938, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 983-1007 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764213479370 |
| OpenAlex | W2074335792 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article explores the role of tool design and media coverage in the relative success of Operation Payback and earlier activist distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) actions. Through a close reading of changes in the tool's interface and functionality across several iterations, the article considers the evolution of the Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) DDOS tool, from one that appealed to a small, inwardly focused community to one that engaged with a larger population. The article further considers Anonymous's contribution to the reframing of DDOS actions from a tool of direct action to a tool of media manipulation and identity construction as well as the news media's role in encouraging individuals to participate in the Operation Payback actions
Action (physics) · Aesthetics · Business · Cognitive reframing · Denial · Denial-of-service attack · Identity (music) · Political science · Population · Public relations · Service (business) · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Advanced Malware Detection Techniques · Computer Science · Digital and Cyber Forensics · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting · Marketing · Psychology · Social Psychology
From clicktivism to hacktivism
Beneath This Mask There is More Than Flesh, Beneath This Mask There is an Idea
When States Strike Back
Activists and activism success
Hacktivism and the male-only stereotype
Hacking in the public interest
Cyborg activism
Civic hacking as data activism and advocacy
Influence, infrastructure, and recentering cybercrime policing
From Indymedia to Anonymous
Network exceptionalism
Wishing to be like the character on screen
Non-participation in digital media
The dangers, directness, and purposes of online collective actions
Canada's cyber security and the changing threat landscape
Political civic tech in South Korea and civic hackers' rearticulation of digital citizenship
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |