> I feel silly saying this, but I sometimes imagine a scenario in which the attackers are not motivated by money but instead are aiming to simply cause as much

> I feel silly saying this, but I sometimes imagine a scenario in which the attackers are not motivated by money but instead are aiming to simply cause as much destruction as possible, like some kind of "cyberterrorism". That's pretty much how viruses worked before people figured out how to monetize them. A whole industry was built to defend against bored, malicious teenagers.