reasons for a cyber attack

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fun/challenge - hackers may attack for the thrill, would like to challenge more higher security things, gain prestigeness from peers and achievement

industrial espionage- steal ideas through finding there info through hacking. could ruin the buisness losing income.

financial gain - money, extorting, incriptes local files inaccessable till they paid a ransom.

personal attack - personally motivated (former employee for example)

disruption - prevents an organisation operating as usual, (defacing website, denial of service attack) sometimes not finantially, social'political

data and information theft - finantial gain, could steal customer info / bank details, identity theft.