Tariffs May Prompt Increase in Global Cyberattacks

### Executive Summary The article assesses how recent tariffs and potential economic downturns may worsen the cyber threat landscape by reducing corporate security budgets and incentivizing increased covert nation-state espionage, cybercrime, and hacktivism; it argues destructive state-on-state cyberattacks are improbable, but espionage and criminal activity are likely to rise, increasing demand for cybersecurity services.