Cybercrime: Motivations, Consequences, and Current Defence

Running head: Cybercrime

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Table of Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................1
Cybercrime............................................................................................................................................2
Motivation behind hacking....................................................................................................................2
The potential consequences of motivated hacking...............................................................................2
Current defence against cybercrime.....................................................................................................4
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................6
References.............................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The potential ramifications of politically motivated hacking are increasing day by day
The reason of cybercriminal activities is that most of the information is stored online that has
opened doors for hackers to breach the network security Hackers try to access the data for
political or social reason They violate the confidentiality, integrity and security of data by
gaining access to the network Thus this report covers the reason why hackers are motivated
to perform such activities (Holt, Brewer and Goldsmith, 2018) The reason for hacking differs
from one person to other This report throws the light on cybercrime and the consequences of
hacking to the network Various issues have been discussed along with the defence policies
that are used presently to safeguard the system from all the cybercriminal activities This
report also covers the defences used to avoid cyber-criminal activities
Cybercrime
Cybercrime can be defined as a crime in terms of hacking, phishing or spamming
Various tools are used to commit offences Hackers try to access the personal information by
performing malicious activities They try to communicate to each other with the purpose to
leak the valuable data by performing illegal activities Criminals use various theories to relate
it to cybercrime by targeting to criminal attacks like denial of services, cyber stalking,
modification of information as well as many attacks They work on a theory to inject viruses
in the system or network to spread the malware and sensitive data on the network It is an
activity that is intentionally performed by criminals to harm an individual or group of
individuals Cybercrime may cause a huge loss to business as it effect the economy of an
organisation Hackers try to breakdown the statistics and the main reason behind their
hacking purpose is ransom, threats, political reasons, competition in the market, cyber war
and some other motivation Ransom is the main reason that affects the network and its
security They try to attack new users using new hacking strategies that motive behind this
could be financial, political and ideological Hackers design plans to stay longer and access
the information transparently
Motivation behind hacking
Hackers try to gain sensitive data by breaching the network and then motivated by
financial gain The motivation behind hacking is accessing the companies’ data so that their
strategies could be leaked They try to access the information to gain financial benefits or to
remove glitches or grudges with other businesses FIG that is fun, ideology and grudges is the
main factor that has motivated hackers Some of the hackers do not have any wrong intention
they just do to add security rules The first reason behind hacking is their hobby or interest to
destroy the security of the system (van and Leukfeldt, 2017) They try to hack the site by
bringing down its performance and spoiling its image Hacking is a political issue that aims to
undermine the enemy Hackers are a most significant threat that exists on a network