Cs544 Question

Cs544 week 1 disc300 words
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NOTE; Provide original work, straight to point, logical and critical answers.
CS 544 week 1 discussion: 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?