Why would people want to take people’s information and take things away from people?

Question: Why would people want to take people's information and take things away from people?
- Keywords:
  cyberattack,
  malware,
  understanding
Asked by lyss on 9 Oct 2024.
- Allyson Lister answered on 9 Oct 2024:
  
  I don’t really know the answer to this, but I suppose a lot of it is the challenge itself, without the perpetrator thinking about the consequences. In some cases, they might be doing it to sell on that information or gain money some other way

Question: Why would people want to take people's information and take things away from people?