Thread: New firearms agency sneaks in...

Mmmm yeah maybe. Hackers are motivated either by financial gain (money), activism (usually defacing a website), or by nation state motives. For a hacker to attack such a site there would be little change of financial gain, sure the gangs would love a shopping list but would they pay enough to make the effort worthwhile - unlikely. I'd actually see hacktivism being the most likely threat, e.g. one of the local anti gun groups - but would they pay for a hacker to have a go - again I think it's unlikely (or maybe some pro-gun group could have a go). So while many of us may consider such a database a prime target the reality is quite the opposite.

But back to kotukus post, it's neither a hacker attack (so far) nor government department systems - that was my point.