Hacking Motivations
The introduction briefly touched on some of the confusion surrounding why hackers do the things they do. Although motivations are extremely diverse, there are some that are quite easy to identify. It is worth mentioning that several years ago these motivational categories did not exist, and as the Internet continues to evolve, so too will the hacker. The following list looks at some of the common motivators for hacking:
• Human curiosity and fame: In the early days of the Internet, hackers wrote viruses to see whether they could (and did) crash thousands of Windows PCs and gain global TV news coverage. It was also believed at that time hackers did so because they were curious or otherwise interested in technology. Certainly ...
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