The List Of Motives (1)

Often hackers can’t explain why they do hacking. Their motives can be manifold and not mutually exclusive. Here is a list of the main ones:

• Intellectual curiosity, so as to learn and gain knowledge.
• Love of technology.
• To prove they are smart and intelligent.
• For fun.
• Using a computer the usual way is boring. (“Anyone can do that, so how can I distinguish myself from others? Easy, using it in an unconventional way.”)
• They love to solve problems.
• To improve computers, make them more powerful and user friendly.
• To increase the security l evel o f networks and co mputer systems.