User talk:Ellieclarke9

Earlier in the year Moov2gether experienced a serious attack on its digital system. Here are so reasons why systems are attacked so that staff are more aware of potential threats.

Firstly, some people may find it fun and like challenges so attacking a computer system would give them a sense of personal achievement. Also some people see it as a technical challenge and they may get noticed by their peers for hacking a system. Secondly, people can use cybercrime as a way of stealing ideas, and selling counterfeits for a higher value or for a cheaper price which would result in the system suffering from a loss in income. Thirdly, others attack a system for a financial gain. They encrypt local files, making them inaccessible until the victim pays the attacker a fee to gt the files decrypted. In addition, some attacks can be personally motivated. For example, an ex-employees holding a grudge against their former employer. Furthermore, some attacks are to cause disruption, such as defacing a website or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks which prevent server from responding to genuine requests, which prevent online sales. Finally, some attacks are data and information theft which could be sold to criminal gangs. This is done by stealing customer payment information (debit and credit card details, names, addresses, etc.) that is used to purchase goods illegally.