The motivation behind cyberattacks can be anything from financial gain to political advantage. The risks of cyber threats from developing countries are heightened because they generally do not have the means to effectively regulate internet use on their soil. “Hackers” frequently opt to remain hosted in developing nations but target the western countries for money or political leverage. 2013 saw one of the biggest cyberattack cases in history when 5 alleged hackers stole the information of 160 million credit cards, which they used to plunder hundreds of millions of dollars. The alleged hackers are Russian and Ukrainian nationals who targeted American credit card users.