I would say these seven motivations would be in this order because people need to somehow pay for their lifestyle whether that is paying for housing, food, or investments.
- The first would be money as money is the motivation people need to pay for their rent, food, and investments. I feel as though a majority of cyber criminals just want the monetary value that comes with hacking.
- Politically based attacks are now led by “hacktivists” who strive for more American freedom of information using DDoS attacks which have been seen through websites such as Wikileaks.
- The third motive I would state would be Revenge as the given article indulges into how revenge porn is on the rise causing serious amounts of trauma within victims causing immense shame.
- Recognition is also a driving factor of these criminals as some people just want to be known as Bradleyu Niclock who used DDoS attacks on the Labor Party which hurt the party and chances of winning the general election and just wanted more Twitter followers as a result of this DDoS.
- These ”multiple reasons include topics already discussed such as notoriety, monetary gain, and rebellion against certain governments as this article is not specific about which motivation it has to make lesser sense than the articles before it.
- Entertainment when it comes to entertainment especially when related to the LinkedIn scrapping the hacker has also made a monetary profit and did not only just do it for the thrill or fun as he said.
- Boredom makes the least sense as a majority of the criminals who are “bored” are also gaining some type of monetary advancement. I feel as though this is the last ranking due to how simple it is to get entertainment.