An organization's sensitive financial data was recently exfiltrated in a targeted cyber attack. Following an investigation, it was determined that an employee inadvertently installed a keylogger on their workstation after falling for a spear-phishing email that appeared to come from the company's CEO. Based on this scenario, what is the MOST probable motivation behind this attack?
The most probable motivation behind this attack is financial gain. Utilizing social engineering to trick an employee into installing malicious software like a keylogger typically aims to capture sensitive information such as login credentials or financial data which can be used directly or indirectly (by selling the information) to make money. Other answer choices describe motivations that are less relevant to the context of gathering financial data using a spear-phishing technique aimed at employees.
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