ATA-2026-Unclassified-Report(ODNI).pdf

## Executive Summary The Intelligence Community's 2026 Annual Threat Assessment outlines broad, strategic threats to U.S. national security over the next year, covering transnational organized crime and drugs, terrorism, major-power competition (China, Russia), WMD and missile proliferation, regional conflicts, and technological challenges such as AI and quantum computing; it also highlights cyber threats from state actors (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea) and financially or ideologically motivated groups (ransomware and cybercriminals) that threaten U.S. networks and critical infrastructure.