[rarestia]

I’m growing curious as to the end game of many of these hackers. Publishing private information is really a black hat operation, so they’re not trying to get jobs with the Feds to help boost security. Most white hat ops aren’t published.

I wonder if these hackers are trying to get into major infrastructure hubs to raffle off access to the highest bidders (i.e. terrorist entities). Then again, being close with the IT security industry, I’ve heard plenty of talk lately that major terrorist entities like AQ already have access to key infrastructure hubs and are waiting for the right moment to turn the key.

[Dead Corpse]

Doubtful. Most of these groups literally do this stuff, just for the "lulz".

Others do it because they don't like monolithic power structures and feel they need to be taken down a notch.

I wouldn't rule out some hacker selling out to a bad group, but it'd be a one off rather than a general rule.

Look for the .gov types to take exactly that line to try and gain MORE power to try and shut them down, regardless of the reality.