Trend · rank 130 of 250

State cyber intrusion & prepositioning

States are seeking persistent, concealed access to rivals' government and infrastructure networks before any confrontation, increasingly with AI assistance, making national defence depend on detecting intrusions and limiting their operational effect.

National SecurityConflict & securitycyberdefenceconflict

Second pass: Added in the second pass. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
130of 250
Sensitivity
10.0rank 110
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above, 1 Critical
PageRank
37.8rank 107
Eigenvector
5.5
Betweenness
3.3
Links
18trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
20.2

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
87
Over a year
−22%Easing
Over three years
+2%
Peak
24827 Oct 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.26
Coverage
9languages · 58 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (9 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English82%104−13%
Chinese4%110−7%
German3%116+23%
Russian3%96−22%
Japanese3%99+16%
Spanish2%92−1%
Arabic1%101+0%
Ukrainian1%131+21%
Korean0%99+8%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Singapore

China

United States

Australia

Kenya

Pakistan

Nepal

South Korea

Nigeria

Philippines

Tanzania

Canada

100

70

66

50

45

41

37

37

33

33

33

29

The 12 highest of 58 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in English88+15%−23%+11%
EuropeGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in German119−5%+23%+107%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean81+6%−8%−41%
South AsiaGoogle in 1 country52−25%−42%−31%
Gulf and Middle EastWikipedia in Arabic101+6%+0%+7%
Latin America and CaribbeanWikipedia in Spanish92−6%−1%−2%
Russia and EurasiaWikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian106+13%−11%+5%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
GermanyWikipedia in German116+1%+23%+17%
IndiaGoogle52−25%−42%−31%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese93+11%−0%−34%
South KoreaWikipedia in Korean99+66%+8%−14%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian96+6%−22%+0%
United KingdomGoogle122−11%+23%+655%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English88+15%−23%+11%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
6 · CriticalHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
4 · HighA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highHybrid & grey-zone coercionConflict & security173
4 · HighCritical infrastructure protectionConflict & security80
4 · HighLong-range strike proliferationConflict & security90
4 · HighDrone & autonomous warfareConflict & security97
4 · HighElectromagnetic spectrum contestConflict & security152
4 · HighUndersea military competitionConflict & security154
4 · HighMilitarisation of spaceConflict & security166
3 · ModerateGreat-power competitionConflict & security28
3 · ModerateWhole-of-society resilienceConflict & security43
3 · ModerateAlliance realignment & burden-shiftingConflict & security62
3 · ModerateMilitary logistics complexityConflict & security93
3 · ModerateNuclear arsenal growth & proliferationConflict & security126
3 · ModerateRearmament & defence spendingConflict & security136
3 · ModeratePrivate military & proxy forcesConflict & security142
3 · ModerateRansomware & cyber extortionConflict & security164
3 · ModerateArms control erosionConflict & security174
3 · ModerateAI-supported military decisionsConflict & security199
3 · ModerateEspionage & insider threatConflict & security201