Cyberlaws and ethical hacking - Hackers can have various

CYBERLAWS & ETHICAL HACKING

Motivation of a Hacker

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?

Please prepare an one page synopsis with adequate examples to support your answers.