There are cybercrimes that are based on political beliefs which some hackers want to oppose or promote. There have been claims of state-sponsored hacking groups in several countries. The countries facilitate the hacking groups with all the resources they require in order to carry out the attacks. The attacks carried out are aimed at passing a message of the cyberspace superiority of one country over another. For instance, there have been very many hacking incidences against the US which have been attributed to state-sponsored hacking groups in some Asian countries. Many companies in the US have fallen victim to these attackers. It is said that a certain nation has been specifically targeting its hacks to steal secrets from these companies. Therefore, the products that the companies make will be easily replicated and, if they are used for communication purposes, the hackers will know how to compromise such products. Hackers that carry out cyber attacks with political motivation can be a big menace to targets because the hackers get resources from high-ranking politicians. In the case of state-sponsored hacking groups, the attackers are conditioned to behave like an army and will take orders to attack from those high in command. Hackers that have this type of thinking are not mainly motivated by greed or money. They are motivated by an illusion of patriotism to their own countries.
Apart from state-sponsored hacking groups, there are hacktivists which comprise of hackers that want to push for a certain societal or political change. Hacktivists will generally attack governments or specific organizations. When hacktivists are against the government, their operations are indeed political and the hackers will work towards having their voices heard.