Visa.com is down
Visa.com is down
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Some Internet experts drew a distinction between cyberattacks and what they call “hacktivism,” saying the Anonymous moves were more aptly described as the latter. “These are not attacks by national states or criminals,” Marc Rotenberg, director of the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, wrote in an e-mail. “They are launched by political protesters who areseeking to disrupt business activity much like those who have engaged in boycotts and other forms of political protest have done in the past. So far, the protests appear peaceful, with the aim to be disruption of activity rather than actual destruction of property.”