George Kurtz describes hacktivists as the least sophisticated and most numerous category of adversaries.

“When I think about the, the adversaries, I, I call it the pyramid of pain. So if you just imagine the bottom part of the pyramid, the base of the pyramid is really, uh, what we call a hacktivist.”

“So you've got the least level of sophistication, but the greatest number of adversaries. Then in the middle band of the pyramid, you've got e-crime, you know, more sophisticated, um, and a few less than all the hacktivists.”