Journal Entry 5
- Hacking for money makes the most sense because a good percentage of cyber criminals use their money for a positive use. Most cyber criminals use the money they gain for regular day to day needs, take care of their families, invest in themselves or their future etc. Though it is an unethical way to make money, I still respect it because they are just trying to get by and find a way to make ends meet. Money is also always insured and replaceable and these cybercriminals aren’t a flight risk. How Cybercriminals Spend Their Money (infographic) (hp.com)
- Hacking for recognition is something surely someone young and under the age of 25 would partake in. A cyber criminal who hacks for recognition definitely has bigger psychological problems such as attention issues and just wants to be noticed. In retrospect a person who might hack for recognition isn’t really intending any harm and it is more of a deviant act rather than a crime.8-month suspended sentence for script kiddie who DDoS’d Labour candidate in runup to 2019 UK general election • The Register
- A person who hacks for fun can be both useful and dangerous. Given the context of the Tom Liner story, Liner just collects information for fun because he can find exploitations. Though Liner claims he intends to sell data, the data he collected were already public, so he’s just hoarding names and addresses. I think with dedication of months of work Liner put in he can be a white hat hacker and become useful. LinkedIn scraping of 700M records was ‘for fun’ says hacker – 9to5Mac
- Hacking for multiple reasons is a case somewhere right in the middle. Multi reasons cyber criminals simple reasons such as executing a hobby but also for poor reasons such as establishing power. What Drives Hackers to a Life of Cybercrime? – Infosecurity Magazine (infosecurity-magazine.com)
- Hacking for political reasons is extremely dangerous. The thought of hackers from around the world getting together to hack for political reasons is scary. The collection of knowledge and data collection could be enough to cause a detrimental setback to the whole globe. New generation of angry & youthful hackers join the ‘hacktivism’ wave, adding to cyber-security woes – The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)
- Cyberbullying is atrocious act but factoring pedophilia and disturbing visuals builds a case for worse human being alive. Though we cannot always control or predict what we see online, I can assure no one is getting on the internet hoping to have their day ruined. As a society we need to be stricter on cyberbullying because people usually just get on their devices to passtime or have a good laugh. It isn’t worth a whole day being ruined. Cyberbullying and online sexual grooming of children ‘on the increase’ (heraldlive.co.za)
- Hacking for revenge p-graphy is just plain immoral and disgusting…