State-backed hackers around the world are increasingly using tools provided by their government to conduct hacking in their off-time, according a national security official at the Justice Department.

“I think we are seeing the blended threat now,” John Carlin, the head of DOJ’s national security division, said on Tuesday. “That means actors that might act on behalf of a group, but are also doing it for their own profit for criminal means. They might do hacktivism, and at the same time, they might do some legitimate activity.”