What would Yancey be considered?

Yancey is a network security administrator for a large electric company. This company provides power for over 100, 000 people in Las Vegas. Yancey has worked for his company for over 15 years and has become very successful. One day, Yancey comes in to work and finds out that the company will be downsizing and he will be out of a job in two weeks. Yancey is very angry and decides to place logic bombs, viruses, Trojans, and backdoors all over the network to take down the company once he has left. Yancey does not care if his actions land him in jail for 30 or more years, he just wants the company to pay for what they are doing to him.

What would Yancey be considered?
A . Yancey would be considered a Suicide Hacker
B . Since he does not care about going to jail, he would be considered a Black Hat
C . Because Yancey works for the company currently; he would be a White Hat
D . Yancey is a Hacktivist Hacker since he is standing up to a company that is downsizing

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Answer: A