Individual motives for cyber crimes
1.Money
- Political
- Entertainment
- Revenge
- Recognition
- Multiple reasons
- Boredom
I ranked money as the number one motive for cybercrimes because it made the most sense. The article stated that 15% of all cybercriminals use the money they gain for necessities. These are things they will likely need again and will probably commit cybercrime to get them. That is why money is number one. Political motives were ranked second because it has many practices. Cybercriminals can gain a lot politically by using their hacking to attack political organizations. Entertainment was ranked third because we all need it. Every human on the face of this earth needs a form of entertainment. In relation to cyber criminals and their motives for entertainment. By looking at data scraping, for example, we can see how cyber criminals sometimes attack for their entertainment. Revenge was ranked fourth because of the article on revenge porn. It discussed how revenge porn is a problem and how it affects the victims. Recognition was ranked fifth because it makes sense as a motive for cybercriminals. One of the best examples of this is the hacking organizations that commit their crimes for internet fame. Multiple Reasons was ranked sixth because of the article that was associated with the motive. It highlighted the various other reasons that cyber criminals commit cybercrimes such as socioeconomic and psychological reasons. Lastly, boredom was ranked last as one of the motives for cybercriminals to commit crimes because it made the least sense. Although there are cyber criminals that commit crimes because of their boredom there is no real gain in them doing so.