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Arkose Labs Founder and CEO Kevin Gosschalk pushed back against the myth of the sophisticated hacker, describing most cybercriminals as low-level opportunists who automate bulk account creation and fraud schemes to maximize return on investment. Gosschalk explained that attackers typically use software and scripts to replicate fraudulent purchases or account registrations 10,000 times per hour, making the economics of fraud highly scalable even for unsophisticated actors. The broader industry perspective presented in the piece positioned automation — and the ability to disrupt it — as the central battlefield in modern fraud prevention.
