issue is not resolved. International attacks and response Conventions As of 2016 there have been eighteen conventions and major legal instruments that specifically deal with terrorist activities and cyber terrorism. 1963: Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft 1970: Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft 1971: Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation 1973: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons 1979: International Convention against the Taking of Hostages 1980: Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material 1988: Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation 1988: Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf 1988: Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation 1989: Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation 1991: Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection 1997: International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings 1999: International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism 2005: Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation 2005: International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism 2010: Protocol Supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft 2010: Convention on the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Relating to International Civil Aviation 2014: Protocol to Amend the Convention on Offences and Certain Acts Committed on Board Aircraft Motivations for cyberattacks There are many different motives for cyberattacks, with the majority being for financial reasons. However, there is increasing evidence that hackers are becoming more politically motivated. Cyberterrorists are aware that governments are reliant on the internet and have exploited this as a result. For example, Mohammad Bin Ahmad As-Sālim's piece "39 Ways to Serve and Participate in Jihad" discusses how an electronic jihad could disrupt the West through targeted hacks of American websites, and other resources seen as anti-Jihad, modernist, or secular in orientation (Denning, 2010; Leyden, 2007). Many of the cyberattacks are not conducted for money, rather the cyberattacks are conducted due to different ideological beliefs and due to wanting to get personal revenge and outrage towards company or individual, the cybercriminal is attacking. An employee might want to get revenge