1.) for money makes the most sense as financial gain is a common driving motive behind cybercrimes such as fraud and hacking
2.) revenge is a strong motive as this can be in cases such as cyber bullying where one may seek to harm others out of personal vendettas
3.)recognition can be a driver as gaining a big reputation gains fame and acknowledgment from others
4.) Many offenders engage in cyber crime for joy or curiosity to see what they can achieve and get away with.
5.)political motives can be a common reason but seem more of a smaller crowd as opposed to what most other motivators are
6.) boredom can be one reason but is not as strong in its reason to go out of ones way to commit crimes
7.) while offender may have mixed motives the sheer complexity of these reason are hard to pin point and find a conclusion
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