While financial gain is usually the primary motivation driving large cybercrime groups, some may also have political or ideological motives beyond just monetary profits. ⟶

More sophisticated, well-funded cybercrime groups do dedicate some resources towards research and development activities. This could include developing new exploits, evasion techniques, malware variants ⟶

Some groups are able to become bigger due to their success and profits. Groups that are particularly successful at compromising systems, stealing data or ⟶