Here are the motives in order from most reasonable to less so:
- For Money: Many cybercrimes are financially motivated, as money is directly related to maintaining a certain quality of life.
- Revenge: Such a motive sometimes makes people do something that is unreasonable and brings great harm to others.
- Recognition: Most of the hackers have notorious motives. Many of them perform high-profile cyber attacks to be renowned within their communities.
- Political: This can sometimes show pretty good and effective ideologically motivated hacktivism, even though it seldom does have immediate material benefits for an individual.
- Amusement: This might be one of the strongest motivations, especially for young people who seek exhilaration.
- Boredom: Though relevant most of the time, it results in less serious crimes and may hence not be enough to mount to be a reason for criminality.
- Many Reasons: It is too indefinite and varied; consequently, less homogeneous in motive.
This ranking describes the relevance and clarity of each motive in situations involving cybercrime