Journal Entry 5:

We talked about several motives for cybercriminals in week 5 and they will be ranked from least to greatest motives.

For number 7 I chose boredom because it doesn’t necessarily say that the act of committing the crime is entertaining to them, they were simply bored and wanted something worth doing.

At number 6 I chose entertainment right above boredom because it just edges it out with the fact that being entertained is a stronger incentive than just because someone is bored.

For number 5 I chose money because I feel that those I ranked higher than this contain stronger feelings than just being financially secure.

At number 4 I chose recognition because everyone wants to be recognized although if they are hacking for recognition I would say they have an obsession with needing to be noticed by others which is a strong motive in my opinion.

For number 3 I chose Political because hacktivists feel very strongly about their cause or else they wouldn’t be committing a crime to get a message out, for this surpasses the need to be seen and takes it a step further than just recognition because they have a message to spread it isn’t done for selfish intentions.

At number 2 I chose revenge because I do not believe there is a stronger feeling to act on than revenge because of the rage that one might feel and most people feel at some point in their life. The feeling of wanting revenge surpasses all other individual reasons on this list because I feel it is the strongest.

For number 1 I chose multiple reasons because any of these reasons paired with another on this list would be a stronger motive than an individual motive.

While some of these are ranked lower than others it is important to understand that all of these motives are valid and crimes are committed because of them so they should not be taken lightly at all.