Ranking Motives for Cybercrime

Amgad Bin Shahbain
10-02-2024

Hacktivism: driven by strong cases such as political reasons, which more often target organizations to change their style.

Revenge: It is a strong reason and powerful motivator; more often, it is common in cyberbullying cases, in which tragedies indevuales personal life.

Financial Gain: It is a huge and strong motivation for many cybercriminals because of the big benefits that come through hacking or fraud.

Cyberbullying: It is also a strong motivation for many hackers towards the desire of power and control over someone’s life.
DDos: Hackers most of the time seek to get famous by applying such attacks on communities or organizations.

Cybercriminal Spending: which focused not on the benefits but on the leat income from the attacks the hackers were doing. For example, some attackers attack organizations to get as much as possible sensitive information from organizations.\

Data scraping for fun: At this point, most hackers use it to gain knowledge, not for substantial gain.