Cyberterrorism as the most critical threat to the United States, a new poll from Gallup says.

Gallup’s poll on world affairs measured how important respondents perceive 11 potential threats to the country. Cyberterrorism overwhelmingly outpaced the other topics, with 85 percent of respondents calling it a “critical threat.”

Responses to cyberterrorism were consistent across political party lines, with 86 percent of both Democrats and Republicans calling it a critical threat. About 79 percent of Independents answered this way.

“Americans continue to cite cyberterrorism as the leading critical threat to US vital security interests, as they have since 2021,” Mohamad Younis of Gallup wrote. “Before that, international terrorism and the development of nuclear weapons by Iran and North Korea ranked highest. But concern about each of these has ebbed over the past decade.”

The Department of Defense shares in the concerns about cyberterrorism. In a 2022 report, the department said that while state actors like China and Russia are commonly considered the most likely adversaries in cyber warfare, independent criminal organizations also pose a significant threat.

“I think we’ve seen over time with the development of the non-state actor — the criminal cyber market — is that capabilities that were once reserved for state actors are available on the dark web for purchase,” Mieke Eoyang, deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy, said.

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