An employee in the finance department of a multinational corporation has just resigned after being passed over for a promotion. The next day, the company's network experiences an unauthorized transfer of proprietary financial data to an external server. Which motivation is most likely to be the cause behind this incident?
Revenge is often a motivation for employees who feel wronged or slighted by their organization. In this scenario, the employee's resignation following a missed promotion and the immediate subsequent data exfiltration suggest a revenge-motivated insider threat. Other motivations like financial gain or data exfiltration for espionage purposes are less direct in linking the disgruntled employee's actions to the incident. Philosophical/political beliefs is unlikely the motive in this context, as the act of retaliation is personal rather than ideological.
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