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National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025–2026
Source scope
Official threat assessment identifying persistent cybercrime, ransomware risk to critical infrastructure, and increasingly disruptive state-sponsored activity.
Publisher, edition, and currentness
| Publisher | Canadian Centre for Cyber Security |
|---|---|
| Claim status | OBSERVED DEPLOYMENT OR PRACTICE |
| Version or edition | 2025–2026 assessment |
| Publication status | OFFICIAL NATIONAL THREAT ASSESSMENT |
| Publication date | 2024-10-30 |
| Official location | https://www.canada.ca/en/communications-security/news/2024/10/canadian-centre-for-cyber-security-releases-national-cyber-threat-assessment-2025-2026.html |
| K03 revalidated | 2026-08-15T23:00:00Z |
| Currentness assessment | Official Cyber Centre release reviewed on 2026-08-15; its forecast window ends in 2026 and must not be treated as indefinite. |
| Superseded by | No successor is assigned in the current source catalog. |
Claim-level support
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| Section | Proposition supported in this corpus | Official location |
|---|---|---|
| Threat assessment summary | The assessment identifies ransomware as a leading cybercrime threat to critical infrastructure and describes increasingly disruptive state activity. | Official section |
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Official Cyber Centre release reviewed on 2026-08-15; its forecast window ends in 2026 and must not be treated as indefinite.
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