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.
- Entertainment – https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/19/man-behind-linkedin-scraping/
- Political – https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/new-generation-of-angry-youthful-hackers-join-the-hacktivism-wave-adding-to-cyber-security-woes/articleshow/81707844.cms
- Revenge – https://newsfromwales.co.uk/news/revenge-porn-victims-in-wales-often-feel-let-down-by-the-law-as-cybercrime-slips-through-the-net/
- Boredom – https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2021-05-31-cyberbullying-and-online-sexual-grooming-of-children-on-the-increase/
- Recognition – https://www.theregister.com/2021/06/30/bradley_niblock_election_ddos/
- For money – https://threatresearch.ext.hp.com/sex-drugs-and-toilet-rolls-how-cybercriminals-spend-their-money-infographic/
- Multiple reasons – https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/what-drives-hackers-to-a-life-of/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_c1d89a4695edbd23f2bceb54d70f35ce5e536e86-1626721164-0-gqNtZGzNAfijcnBszQi6
I ranked “Multiple Reasons” as a 1 for making the most sense for cyber offending. I reason that having multiple motives for cyber offending leads to a greater chance of committing a crime compared to having a single motive.
The next motive is “Money” as a 2. This is because an incredible amount of money can be amassed quickly with how many people have poor cyber hygiene and fall for scams. Thusly, leading to large amounts of money being a good motive for being a cyber offender.
Next, “Politics” is at a 3. With hacktivism being a more emotionally based crime, people are satisfied with organizations showing off their true colors when their security or data is compromised.
Following is “Recognition” with a 4. Having the only reward for a crime be a few likes on a profile seems extremely minuscule for being a cyber offender and isn’t a worthwhile motive.
The next motive for being a cyber offender is “Revenge” as a 5. It’s a poor motive because of how fleeting of a reward it is. A person being hurt can only be a satisfying motive for so long before nothing is left.
Next is “Entertainment” at a 6. This is a bad motive because how almost nothing is gained from it while committing a crime.
Finally, “Boredom” is a 7 for making the least sense for cyber offending. This is because being bored means that there’s nothing to do, which means that the motive for committing cybercrime would be having nothing to do, which makes no sense.