Differing from participants in Group 3, this group usually attempts to remain anonymous while politically hacking. This group also includes actions of individuals more often than groups. Politicized hacking is still very much in its infancy. The Gulf War was the first war with great dependence on information and communication technology. Opposition was supported by electronic media and by people who went to the streets because of seeing posters or hearing announcements on TV or on radio, or through word of mouth.
Electronic media supports a convergence of generalized resistance.
In summary, hactivism, now in a period of expansion, represents a spectrum of possibilities that exists in some combination of word and deed. Initially the Internet was used by most museums as expanded brochures, providing hours of operation, location and current exhibits. Questions have now evolved into ways to create savvy looking sites. Staffing is also an issue that has risen. Tight museum budgets are also an issue to consider.