Different types of cyber threat actors
A growing number of security breaches make it imperative that we understand the threat actors behind them, what they are capable of, and what motivates them. It is important to remember that threat actors have varying motivations, but they will all have a purpose behind them. In order to learn what this means, we must examine how concerned each threat actor is with being identified by the appropriate authorities. It is commonly thought that cyber attacks are done for financial gain, but that is not necessarily the case, especially when we consider hobbyists who are most likely interested in using cyber attacks for personal gain. The different types of cyber threat actors can be divided into the following categories: