For this journal entry I will equate each motive in terms of cybercrime as it relates most to the class.

1. For Money
I feel that hacking for money makes the most sense as a motive. Everyone needs money to survive, and while within the article around 35% of the sampled group spent money earned from cybercrime on “bad habits” and to attain status while the other 65% spent their money on immediate needs and other investments. In this case the cybercriminal gains money for their work.

2. Political
Political gain is another logical motive. A hacker may perform hacks in order to further their own political party. In this case there is concrete gain for the hacker in terms of recognition of their cause. For example, a hacker leaking legitimate information in order to make an opposing party look bad effectively raises their party up, and thus has gained something for their efforts.

3. Revenge
While hacking for revenge is unethical, it seems more logical than other motives beneath this. A hacker with a motive driven by revenge will ultimately gain something from their actions. Whether they post revenge porn, confidential information on another, or use another method to get their revenge, they ultimately gain something important to themselves when successful.

4. Recognition
Hacking for recognition may be the most idiotic to me as anyone engaging in illegal activities logically would wish to be as anonymous as possible, however in some cases it may benefit a hacker in terms of credibility if they gain enough recognition. In terms of the linked article, Bradley Niblock was idiotic to DDOS a site in order to gain likes on Twitter. However, I can imagine a case where a hacker wishes to gain recognition in order to gain credibility and gain more clientele.

5. Multiple Reasons
Multiple reasons would be more logical to me than entertainment or boredom as it can combine multiple other factors such as money, recognition, revenge, and possibly others. In my mind hacking for a variety of gains simply makes more sense than hacking for one gain.

6. Entertainment
Hacking for pure entertainment makes little sense to me. Why would someone put themselves in danger of legal troubles purely for entertainment when there are infinite other methods of entertainment available? With many of the other motives the hacker gains something in the end whether it be money, political gain, or others. In this case the hacker gains entertainment, however it seems illogical to choose an illegal activity for entertainment when plenty of legal methods exist.

7. Boredom
I feel that hacking to appease boredom is essentially the same as hacking for entertainment. In the case of hacking for entertainment however the hacker chooses to perform cybercrime purely to entertain themselves, while hacking to alleviate boredom I feel is the same but with less purpose. I can say the same as I did for entertainment, why choose illegal activities to alleviate boredom when to many legal options exist?