In the wake of Wikileaks comes a new type of retribution; one steeped in the virtual fervor and incitement of tweets, blogs, chats and text messages. The crowdsourcing method of retribution loosely couples an undefined group of people who utilized a distributed tool to shutdown websites, hack infrastructure and then expose the extracted booty so all the world can see, view and pass judgment. It is an oxymoron driven by the power of a single mass that disperses as quickly as it formed based upon a social or political ideology.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136446/virtual-censorship—revenge-and-retribution.html