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“Hackers working for social change have limited themselves to developing security and privacy tools, DDoS, performing vandalism and leaks.Wherever you go,there are radical projects for a social change in a complete state of precariousness,and there would be much that they could do with some expropriated money.At least for the working class,bank robbery is something socially accepted,and those who do are seen as heroes of the people.In the digital age, robbing a bank is a non-violent,less risky act,and the reward is greater than ever.So why are only black hat hackers doing it for their personal benefit,and never hacktivists to finance radical projects?Maybe they don’t think they are capable of doing it.The big bank hacks are on the news every so often,such as the hacking of the Bank of Bangladesh, which was attributed to North Korea,or the hacking of banks attributed to the Carbanak group,which they describe as a very large and well organized group of Russian hackers,with different members who would be specialized in different tasks. But, it is not that complicated.”