Cyberterrorism, China top list of international concerns for Americans, Gallup says – By Joe Fisher (UPI) / Mar 22 2023
March 22 (UPI) — Most Americans view 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% of respondents calling it a “critical threat.”
Responses to cyberterrorism were consistent across political party lines, with 86% of both Democrats and Republicans calling it a critical threat. About 79% of Independents answered this way.
“Americans continue to cite cyberterrorism as the leading critical threat to U.S. 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.”
