Malware authors and hackers have to eat like the rest of us, but security data from 2008 suggests many engage in their illegal activities for other reasons besides a desire to get money. Twenty-four percent of all the attacks the Web Hacking Incidents Database logged for 2008 were related to website defacement.More at; http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/02/its-not-always-about-moneysometimes-hackers-just-hate-you.ars