Review the articles linked with each individual motive. 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.

For this article, https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/19/man-behind-linkedin-scraping/, I would rank this as 4 from 1-7 of making sense. This makes some sense in that grunt work for more technically skilled hackers would be already completed, and one can make a quick profit selling to these cyber criminals.

For this article, https://newsfromwales.co.uk/revenge-porn-victims-in-wales-often-feel-let-down-by-the-law-as-cybercrime-slips-through-the-net/, I would rank this as 5. One cannot ignore the revenge aspect of human behavior. It makes complete sense to me that one would seek revenge.

For this article, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/new-generation-of-angry-youthful-hackers-join-the-hacktivism-wave-adding-to-cyber-security-woes/articleshow/81707844.cms, I rank this at 6. Politics, the invasion and disruption of government structure, “the system” draws controversy from its constituents.  The “system” seems to always be challenged; common ground can never be found.

For this article, https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-05-31-cyberbullying-and-online-sexual-grooming-of-children-on-the-increase/, this motive is ranked at 1. Under the category of boredom, individuals engage in harmful online behavior not out of malice, but simply because they have nothing else to do, making it a senseless and shallow motive.

For this article, https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/bradley_niblock_election_ddos/, I rank this as 3. There is some sense under the category of recognition, but the desire for attention and notoriety doesn’t justify the significant harm caused by orchestrating a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on an election website. While the perpetrator might seek recognition for their technical skills, the social and democratic consequences of disrupting public services far outweigh any personal validation they might gain.

For this article, https://threatresearch.ext.hp.com/sex-drugs-and-toilet-rolls-how-cybercriminals-spend-their-money-infographic/, the reason being, financial reward is a cybercriminal’s strongest motive.

For this article, https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/what-drives-hackers-to-a-life-of/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_c1d89a4695edbd23f2bceb54d70f35ce5e536e86-1626721164-0-gqNtZGzNAfijcnBszQi6, I rank this as 2 due the fact its category in multiple reasons is broad and not specific.