Cyber Attacks on Government Agencies Soar During The Government Shutdown
The Media Trust have some insights in regards to the increase in cybercrime activity during the government shutdown. Showing that the government shutdown is having an effect that I bet nobody planned for.
Specifically, the researchers at The Media Trust have observed cybercrime activities for the past couple of weeks since the threat of a government shutdown through to two weeks into the shutdown.
The company’s malware desk is projecting more than 555M cyberattacks on the US Federal government in the month of October. This is an 85% increase over the month prior.
They observed a spike in malware activity at the end of September as the threat of a federal shutdown was being projected in the media. (see chart)
The day of the shutdown (October 1st) researchers saw a significant increase in phishing attacks. More than 90% of the attacks against the Federal government from the end of September through today have been phishing attacks. (see chart)
October is now trending toward being the second-highest month of 2025 for cyberattacks on the Federal Government.
The top US Federal government agencies that have seen the most cyberattacks through the Federal Government shutdown (see chart) include, in order:
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Cyber Attacks on Government Agencies Soar During The Government Shutdown
The Media Trust have some insights in regards to the increase in cybercrime activity during the government shutdown. Showing that the government shutdown is having an effect that I bet nobody planned for.
Specifically, the researchers at The Media Trust have observed cybercrime activities for the past couple of weeks since the threat of a government shutdown through to two weeks into the shutdown.
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This entry was posted on October 27, 2025 at 9:00 am and is filed under Commentary with tags The Media Trust. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.