With the challenges from individual, unorganized hackers still remaining true, the new generation of hackers can be broadly classified into categories.
Hackers sponsored by corporations and nations (not necessarily rogue): The purpose here is industrial or military espionage. As a security expert working for enterprises, the advantage that you had over the previous generation hackers is the funds to buy the required facilities and technology. This advantage is fast vanishing since your challengers are also equally funded if not more.
Hacktivists: The purpose of these hackers is to retaliate against corporations or government agencies for their decisions.
Cyber terrorists: These hackers are ideology-driven but sponsored by rogue nation states.
Cyber criminals: These hackers work for international organized crime with the sole purpose of targeting financially sensitive data.
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