What are the different types of cyber threat actors?

There are different types of cyber threat actors who can perpetrate cyberattacks. Different motivations may drive these threat actors, and they can operate in different ways. It is important to know different types of threat actors and how they operate so that we can effectively defend against them.

There are mainly six different types of threat actors:

• Organized Cybercriminals
• Hacktivists
• State-Sponsored Actors
• Insider Threats
• The Lone Wolf
• Script Kiddies

Let’s try to understand how each of these threat actors operates and what their motivations are.

• What are the different types of cyber threat actors?

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