In the Political motive, given the motive here was to “prove a political point”, I can see this as making sense, given the need for access to information from other countries within recent memory. In this regard, I would rank this at 1.
Beyond this, when considering the Multiple reasons as to what may serve as potential motive for individuals, research has shown that cybercriminals hack for various reasons such as for reasons that are passion, and skill related, for these individuals. In that, I think I would have to rank this at 2, as with it, this does make sense, given people tend to do things they are good at, and do love.
Following this, with Money being a motive, I can understand this as well, and it does make sense, since money in this regard may be easier to obtain, especially for those who are very skilled, and too, may even be very profitable for individuals. On the contrary, given there are more safer ways to make money, I would rank this at 3.
Moreover, with the motive of Recognition being there, given an individual may have felt the need to act out for the sake of potentially garner recognition and or attention, I would rank this at 4, because although on one end, it could show ones capabilities, on the other hand, it also is not necessarily the most logical reason to have motive.
Next with the article on Revenge, and Revenge Porn Victims, being as with this, the motive of some exposing the images of others was to in effect, get back at them, though wrong, this does make sense to some degree assuming those exposing the images were hurt, and had even further motive. With this, I would rank this at 5.
With the Entertainment motive, when examining this purely based on the motive of the man behind it, as he claims he did it “for fun”, I would rank this at 6. With this, my placement is like this as such, given, though the motive did not necessarily make lots of sense, at the very least, there may be some upside, considering with his actions and exposing of so many user’s data (700 million), this may have pointed out potential vulnerabilities within LinkedIn, and in turn, maybe can provided some more awareness toward security.
With Boredom, as it is suggested that this may be a motive for some to potentially cyber-bully, and or make a presence online, though this can maybe make sense to some degree, ultimately I would argue that this motive is not one that is very understandable, considering the very social outlets that could cause users to act out, could also in turn, alleviate boredom. With this, I would have to rank this at 7, given there are lots of things that could potentially disrupt one’s boredom, beyond this.