When major credit card companies stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks, other hackers attacked the credit card companies. For each action, give arguments that it was justifiable hacktivism, and give arguments that it was not. Which position do you agree with? Explain your reasons

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Class is : Computer Science.

Assignment:

After WikiLeaks released thousands of confidential U.S. government diplomatic and military documents on the Web, hackers conducted a denial-of-service attack on the WikiLeaks website. When major credit card companies stopped processing donations to WikiLeaks, other hackers attacked the credit card companies. For each action, give arguments that it was justifiable hacktivism, and give arguments that it was not. Which position do you agree with? Explain your reasons