A cybercriminal gains access to sensitive internal documents revealing a company's illegal activities and threatens to release them unless the company complies with their demands. What is the attacker's primary motivation in this scenario?
Blackmail involves threatening to reveal sensitive or damaging information unless specific demands are met. In this scenario, the attacker is leveraging confidential documents to coerce the company. Espionage involves gathering information for intelligence purposes, typically for a foreign entity. Revenge is motivated by a desire to retaliate for a perceived wrong, and sabotage aims to deliberately destroy or damage assets. Therefore, blackmail is the primary motivation described.
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