Motivation of a Hacker

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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?