Over several months in 2020, a group known as APT29 or Cozy Bear, working for Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, breached a top cybersecurity firm and multiple U.S. government agencies including the Treasury, Commerce, and Energy departments and the National Nuclear Security Administration.
Self defense because in order for them to seem more powerful and they also needed i to gain more protection.
Whats the based question??
To be honest I would do some research and look it up. Or if you have a text or some resources the teacher gave you I would reread those.