A Conceptual Review and Exploratory Evaluation of the Motivations for Cybercrime

This paper categorise cybercrime based on the attacker's motivation for committing them, drawing from a survey of the literature in the area of cybercrime. The paper begins by addressing the scope of cybercrime, noting its prevalence and effects on the US economy. The presents four broad categories and nine sub categories for cybercrime based on the motivations of the perpetrator. The goal of the paper is to inform future studies of cybercrime on the motives for cybercrime and how they are pivotal in understanding the modus operandi of cybercriminals.