They are radical

This mostly applies to cyber terrorists and hacktivists. Hacktivists are radical and will do anything to overhaul what they do not like. For instance, hacktivists could stand up against the arrest of an influential journalist due to the existence of laws that limit the freedom of expression. They could be ready to force such laws to be done away with by unleashing waves of attacks against government agencies and top government officials. Cyber terrorists borrow from the ideals of the terrorist groups they are affiliated with, and mostly these ideals are from radical views. For instance, cyber terrorists from a group such as Al Qaeda could be against the interference of Westerners in local wars and could end up destroying infrastructure in the Western countries to promote the message that they are not wanted and must leave. Other cybercriminals will have their own radical views that they will base their actions on. Radicalism helps the cybercriminals escape the guilt of the negative impacts of what they do. For instance, if cyber terrorism leads to the destruction of a nuclear energy plant, and, consequently, to the deaths of the workers in such a plant, the perpetrators will be shielded from the guilt of killing innocent people by their radical beliefs.