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We've curated 62 cybersecurity statistics about Government to help you understand how public sector agencies are addressing threats like data breaches and ransomware while implementing advanced technologies in their cybersecurity practices in 2025.

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70% of the surveyed government fraud fighters have seen an uptick in AI-powered fraud attacks in the last five years.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

85% of respondents listed fighting fraud as a top five priority.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Nearly a third face significant resource limitations in fighting FWA.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

The greatest benefit cited ( 57% ) among those already using AI is greater workforce efficiency.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

A staggering 96% of respondents said FWA has negatively impacted citizen trust in their agency and its programs.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Privacy and security (48%) and ensuring their organization uses AI responsibly (43%) were among the top three challenges keeping government fraud fighters up at night

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Respondents cited gaps in analytical skills (48%), technology (40%), and budgets (24%) among the limiting factors in fighting FWA.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

97% expect to use GenAI within the next two years.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Survey respondents estimated that approximately 16% of budgets could be saved by tackling fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in general.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Current AI adoption rates for addressing FWA are relatively low, with about half of those surveyed using AI.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Among those already using AI to confront FWA, nearly 40% cite better prioritization of fraud alerts and quicker identification of FWA as benefits.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Nearly a third face significant resource limitations in fighting FWA.

SAS5/20/2025
FraudAI

Fraudsters were about four times more likely to use stolen identities instead of synthetic identities.

Socure5/15/2025
FraudPublic sector

At least 1 in 4 fraud attempts targeted more than one government agency at once.

Socure5/15/2025
FraudPublic sector

International bad actors were responsible for up to 12% of all incoming applications for government services and/or loans in the study.

Socure5/15/2025
FraudPublic sector

Fraud costs the federal government upwards of $500 billion annually.

Socure5/15/2025
FraudPublic sector

44% of hacktivist attacks in 2024 targeted government and military entities.

Forescout4/29/2025
HacktivismMilitary

Government (9.5%) was the 4th most targeted industry.

Mandiant4/24/2025
Security incident

Aside from the 89% of people concerned about their data being "accessed and used inappropriately by the government," another 50% said they were concerned about wrongful government access of their "private conversations".

Malwarebytes4/9/2025
Personal informationConsumer

72% agreed or strongly agreed that they are "concerned about my personal data being accessed and used inappropriately by the government".

Malwarebytes4/9/2025
Data misusePersonal information