Which scenario is probably the result of activities by a group of hacktivists?

Which scenario is probably the result of activities by a group of hacktivists?

• The major power grid in a country is experiencing frequent attacks from another country.
• The central database of student grades is accessed and a few grades are modified illegally.
• The sales record files of recent years in a large company suddenly cannot be opened and an offer comes forward promising that the data could be restored for a hefty fee.
• The internal emails related to the handling of an environmental disaster by a petroleum company appear on multiple websites.

Explanation: Hacktivists are typically hackers who protest against a variety of political and social ideas. Hacktivists publicly protest against organizations or governments by posting articles and leaking sensitive information. Accessing school database and changing grades is probably made by a few script kiddies. Offers from someone to restore data for a hefty fee is a ransomware attack. Attacking the major power grid is typically conducted by a government.

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