Here’s how i ranked each motive: (1- made the most sense) to (7- made the least sense)

1- Multiple Reasons: I think this makes the most sense because there are probably many motivating factors that leads people to committing cybercrime.

2- For money: This is also high up on the list because money is what drives most people to do any type of crime.

3- Recognition: Everyone wants some form of recognition. They want people to know that they are doing bad things. It makes them feel more alive.

4- Revenge: I didn’t really know where to put this one so I just put it here.

5-Entertainment: There is no excuse for people to commit cybercrime just for pure entertainment. There are so many other legal things that people can do for entertainment.

6- Boredom: If you’re bored why don’t you do something that is at least legal. Go outside and workout or something.

7- Political: I put this on the bottom because I feel like the kid that DDOSed the political website could have done it a little bit better. He did it a couple days leading up to the general election. The site had been up for months before the attack. Didn’t feel like taking down the site was very effective in the grand scheme of things.