Other significant developments in cybercrime have included the emergence of: • Long-term, covert Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), such as the Stuxnet and Flamer viruses, which Symantec has played a key role in exposing and analyzing; • Organized “hacktivism,” or politically motivated disruption of companies’ online presences; and, • Financial motivations —such as seeking data that can be used in extortion —for hacking into corporate networks.