Assignment Description: “Review the articles linked with each individual motive in the presentation page… 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.”

#1: Multiple Reasons makes the most sense because overlap exists between many of the other reasons, for example stealing money from a politician can be for money, politics, and revenge depending on the politicians past actions.

#2: Money because of the high amount even entry-level hackers make.

#3: Revenge because cybercrimes are one of the easiest forms of revenge.

#4: Politics, because of how many hacktivist groups try to popularize hacking as a political tool.

#5: Entertainment because, despite some big cases, I don’t think entertainment is enough of a motivator most of the time to get people to risk punishment.

#6: Boredom because it seems like a less likely version of entertainment.

#7: Recognition because cybercrimes are often anonymous.