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.

If I had to rank the 7 motives from 1 to 7 on what I think makes the most sense I would say:

1. For money

2. Multiple Reasons

3. Political

4. Recognition

5. Entertainment

6. Boredom

7. Revenge

I put money at #1 because I feel like most people start finding loopholes and ways without doing actual labor to make revenue. Which is why I put multiple reasons at #2 because money plays a big role in that as well as ego and socioeconomic/psychological factors. Having more reasons like keeping up with an ego and battling competitors would keep a hacker going or for them to kick it up a notch. I put Political at #3 because that seemed like a no brainer to me, politics I feel like plays such a big role in today’s society and peoples decision making. I put Recognition at #4 because there are so many kids that do stupid things/whatever it takes for attention, so it wouldn’t surprise me at all people hacking accounts and celebrities for attention/recognition. I put entertainment at #5 and boredom at #6 because I feel like emotional state plays a role in people doing weird things for fun or because there is nothing left to do. I put revenge at #7 because it made the least sense to me, if you hack out of revenge that’s another level of crazy.

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