Week 5: Review the articles linked with each individual motive in the presentation page or Slide #4. Rank the motives from 1 to 7 as the motives that you think make the most sense (being 1) to the least sense (being 7). Explain why you rank each motive the way you rank it.

The motive that makes the least sense is boredom because I feel that boredom alone isn’t enough to commit cybercrimes and that there should be more motivation. At #6 is recognition because compared to the rest of the motives, the consequences compared to wanting recognition outweigh the gain. Meanwhile at #5, entertainment is similar to boredom but people out there find pleasure in committing cyber crimes no matter the consequence. #4 is revenge because people blinded by their emotions might take action no matter the consequences as well. #3 is political because I believe people in power are pulling strings from behind the scenes to get what they want. #2 is money because the risk of getting caught might be nothing to them compared to the amounts of money acquired. At #1 is multiple reasons because having a combination of these reasons for committing crime would be more justifiable than only one.

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