This year’s CrowdStrike Intelligence Global Threat Report contains a wealth of intelligence regarding adversary behavior, capabilities, and intentions. More importantly, it ties it back to the events that influenced those activities. By understanding the events that shape the beliefs and motivations of threat actors—regardless if they are criminal, nation-state, or hacktivist—it is possible to comprehend what drove the adversaries to behave as they did, and perhaps to understand what this will mean for the future.