Countries launched most political cyberattacks 2023

Between 2000 and 2023, China launched the highest number of cyberattacks with a political dimension, 295 cyber incidents in total. Russia ranked second, with 288 cyberattacks. Iran followed, with 131 cyberattacks in the measured period.

Countries with the highest number of initiated cyber incidents with political dimension from 2000 to 2023

Characteristic	Number of cyberattacks
Unknown	1,114
China	295
Russia	288
Iran	131
North Korea	117
Ukraine	64
United States	57
Pakistan	44
Turkey	43
India	32

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December 2023

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2000 to 2023

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Characteristics of cyberattacks may overlap.

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