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Identify and describe three different potential motives for hacking.
Potential motives of Hacking
1)Achieving financial gains
This one is quite self-evident in terms of hacker motivation. Money is a key motivator for many types of criminals, including cybercriminals. In fact, according to Verizon's 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), 86 percent of the data breaches they investigated were motivated by money.
Hackers who earn financially at the expense of others by engaging in unlawful actions are classified as black hat hackers. They're known as ethical hackers or white hat hackers.
These are some of the most prevalent ways that hackers (particularly black hat hackers) make money.
Example Blackmailing victims, misuse of data
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