I started a thread on that subject to last week, (anyway u r rigth it is a very interseting project, and I thank u to give me the opprotunity to discuss about it, but try next time to bring new info)
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...555#post631555

Honeynet had published some result of one of the goal it's designed for:
- Taking the temperature of hacking activities world wide, conclusion r that many (more and more) ppl scans www, but their intent r mostly criminal to get cash.

I thought that motivation was kids trying to get fun by thinking they r clever in using tools they didn't coded for crashing and annoying ppl or company they don't like. But It seems that's its getting more & more a motivation to make easy money and rob naive ppl.