Government
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.
85% of respondents listed fighting fraud as a top five priority.
Nearly a third face significant resource limitations in fighting FWA.
The greatest benefit cited ( 57% ) among those already using AI is greater workforce efficiency.
A staggering 96% of respondents said FWA has negatively impacted citizen trust in their agency and its programs.
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
Respondents cited gaps in analytical skills (48%), technology (40%), and budgets (24%) among the limiting factors in fighting FWA.
97% expect to use GenAI within the next two years.
Survey respondents estimated that approximately 16% of budgets could be saved by tackling fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) in general.
Current AI adoption rates for addressing FWA are relatively low, with about half of those surveyed using AI.
Among those already using AI to confront FWA, nearly 40% cite better prioritization of fraud alerts and quicker identification of FWA as benefits.
Nearly a third face significant resource limitations in fighting FWA.
Fraudsters were about four times more likely to use stolen identities instead of synthetic identities.
At least 1 in 4 fraud attempts targeted more than one government agency at once.
International bad actors were responsible for up to 12% of all incoming applications for government services and/or loans in the study.
Fraud costs the federal government upwards of $500 billion annually.
44% of hacktivist attacks in 2024 targeted government and military entities.
Government (9.5%) was the 4th most targeted industry.
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".
72% agreed or strongly agreed that they are "concerned about my personal data being accessed and used inappropriately by the government".