COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
G l o b a l T h r e a t s
Source: Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. January 29, 2019
CHINA
We assess that China’s intelligence services will exploit the openness of American society, especially academia and the scientific community, using a variety of means.
RUSSIA
We expect that Russia’s intelligence services will target the United States, seeking to collect intelligence, erode U.S. democracy, undermine U.S. national policies and foreign relationships, and increase Moscow’s global position and influence.
IRAN & CUBA
We assess that Iran and Cuba’s intelligence services will continue to target the United States, which they see as a primary threat. Iran continues to unjustly detain U.S. citizens and has not been forthcoming about the case of former FBI agent Robert Levinson (USPER).
NONSTATE ACTORS
We assess that nonstate actors — including hacktivist groups, transnational criminals, and terrorist groups — will attempt to gain access to classified information to support their objectives. They are likely to improve their intelligence capabilities — to include recruiting sources and performing physical and technical surveillance — and they will use human, technical, and cyber means to perform their illicit activities and avoid detection and capture.