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Defacing a company website
A dispute with the company
Taking a government service offline
Testing their skills
Collecting personal details for identity fraud
Holding records hostage for payment
Stealing trade secrets
Threatening website attacks unless paid
Flooding a website to slow it down
A former employee with a grudge
Proving what they are capable of
Demanding a ransom to decrypt files
Copying product designs
Tampering with stored records
Taking names and addresses from a database
Getting back at a former boss
Stopping normal day to day operations
Taking customer records from a system
Seeing if they can break in
Gaining a competitive advantage
Learning a rival's business plans
Gaining recognition from other hackers
Stealing customers' names and card numbers
Seeking revenge for losing a job
Locking out servers until paid