protestwareとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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protestware (uncountable)

1. (computing, neologism) Software subverted to serve the ends of a political protest, for example by deleting files or displaying propaganda messages.
   • 2022 March 17, Brian Krebs, “Pro-Ukraine ‘Protestware’ Pushes Antiwar Ads, Geo-Targeted Malware”, in Krebs on Security‎:

     Commenting on the malicious code added to the “Vue-cli” application, GitHub user “nm17” said a continued expansion of protestware would erode public trust in open-source software.

   • 2022 March 19, Lucian Constantin, “Developer sabotages own npm module prompting open-source supply chain security questions”, in CSO Magazine:

     In January, two other popular modules called colors and faker were intentionally sabotaged by their maintainer. Is protestware going to become a common problem?

   • 2022 March 21, “CNN Follows Marines Fighting to Take Back Kherson from Russia”, in CNN International First Move with Julia Chatterley, spoken by George Kurtz:

     In fact, what we've seen over the last week is something called “protestware”, and that is some damaging and non-damaging code put into open source projects, specifically focused on organizations in Russia and Belarus. Now, they are making a statement, and that falls under what we call “hacktivism”.

   • 2024 January 22, “DevSecOps risks: How can Indian tech mitigate software hijacking”, in Express Computer, Mumbai:

     developers and project maintainers themselves sometimes engage in this activity as a form of protest or advocacy for their beliefs. This form of hijacking, often referred to as protestware is a concerning trend because it can be difficult for an organisation to recognise it before it’s too late.

   • 2024 September 30, Tanner Finken, Jesse Chen, Sazzadur Rahaman, “An Investigation into Protestware”, in ArXiv‎:

     The roots of protestware date back to the early days of computing. However, recent events in the Russo-Ukrainian war has sparked a new wave of protestware.

参考

• malware
• ransomware