payment to the gang boss?
Hmmm...I think you mis-read this article completely.
What I got from Chad's article is this...if your business is doing dishonest and harmful things like installing root-kits on your customer's computers, using personal information in a manner that most customers would disapprove of, using unfair and unethical business practices, etc... (even if your companies activities are technically legal) Then you will draw the ire of hacktivist groups (read between the lines here...maybe you deserve to as well).
So don't participate in these unethical business practices and you are much less likely to be targeted!
Wizard, your arguments, within the context of Chad's article, remind me of those who condemned the activities of Black Panthers in the 60s for their illegal activities on behalf of ending segregation and combating the institutional racism that had been immorally but legally imposed. We might not agree with all the actions taken by the Black Panthers and some members were undoubtedly only involved for the purpose of being violent, however, they wouldn't have existed if the "system" hadn't been so corrupt in the first place.
