CrowdStrike, like many other security companies, makes the distinction between the aforementioned nation-state actors and e-crime. E-crime is a threat to every company; these are threat actors called spiders by CrowdStrike, and they are purely concerned with financial gain, which in the majority of cases amounts to ransomware in all kinds of forms. Targeted ransomware, in which a particular organisation is selected by hackers who then suddenly shut down the entire company, is also part of this. What CrowdStrike can do for companies in this respect is to recognise certain methods and tools of hackers.