Hackers can have various motives, many of which are similar to the motives for committing traditional crimes:

Status/validation: Hackers seeking to make a name for themselves

Monetary gain: Hackers wanting to generate revenue for themselves or deny revenue to a target Ideology:

Hackers using malicious software to carry out activist attacks to promote a particular agenda; may include hacktivists, nationalists, or nation-state actors

Answer the following question(s):

1. What type of hacker do you think concerns corporations the most, and why?

2. What type of hacker do you think concerns the federal government the most, and why?