DHS warns about 2024’s cyberthreats

Cybercrime, attacks on critical infrastructure, cyberespionage, misinformation and disinformation, election interference and emerging technologies will be the biggest cyberthreats in 2024, according to a Department of Homeland Security report released Thursday. The annual report presents a sweeping picture of all homeland threats, ranging from illegal drugs to terrorism to immigration challenges. But woven throughout are predictions about the way cyber factors into economic security, public safety and security, and critical infrastructure security.