We Are At War

This opinion-style intelligence piece reviews the 2024–2025 threat landscape, highlighting state-linked espionage and pre-positioning (Volt Typhoon, Salt Typhoon, Night Dragon), the rise of politically-aligned and disruptive hacktivism with cyber-physical impacts, and the persistence and professionalization of ransomware/extortion ecosystems; it argues that technical defenses alone are insufficient and calls for coordinated societal-level resilience across public and private sectors.