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5th November is gone and nothing happened.
Lets see.

Lol, over 52 government websites were hacked and defaced, and there were world wide protests.... that's MORE than something.

"Hacking" a government website is the equivalent of ripping down a poster, it hold no significance.

Exploiting and defacing government websites is a common tactic of hacktivism. Many of the sites that were exploited were fairly random. It's very rare for a group to target a particular site and actually find an exploit for that specific site. However, I would have to disagree on the level of significance. Many issues have been brought to light by the media because of hacktivists. While people might not read anything on FBI.gov, it would mean a lot if it was defaced and made headlines.

One thing about hacktivism is that it's only as powerful as the media allows it to be. If nobody heard about these attacks, then they would have absolutely no significance. However, that's not the case. While the significance of these attacks is debatable, articles were written, and their goals were published.