TheCCST Cybersecurity Study Guideoutlines common motivations for cyberattacks, which include:

Financial gain

Revenge or personal grievance(e.g., disgruntled employees)

Ideological or political purposes(hacktivism)

Espionage and intelligence gathering

"Cyberattack motivations range from financial and competitive advantage to personal vendettas and advancing political or social causes. Disgruntled insiders may misuse access privileges to harm an organization, while hacktivists target systems to promote social or political messages."

(CCST Cybersecurity,Essential Security Principles, Threat Actor Motivations section, Cisco Networking Academy)

Beingdisgruntled at work→ common insider threat motivation (True)

Wanting toprotect personal data→ defensive action, not a reason to commit an attack (False)

Wanting toadvance a social agenda→ hacktivist motivation (True)