Cyberattacks

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 3.2 anxiety · 3.2 anger · 46.9 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-08-20). Tone split: 33.3% of articles read distinctly negative, 33.3% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• United States (214)
• United Kingdom (47)
• Canada (42)
• Australia (41)
• India (30)
• Iran (25)
• China (24)
• France (23)

Countries where Cyberattacks coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage -30.0%, reader interest -0.4%.

Top recent articles

1. Pennington County Cyberattack: Aug. 31 Vehicle Registration Deadline — kotatv.com
2. Ψηφιακός συναγερμός: Αυξάνονται κυβερνοεπιθέσεις και ransomware παγκοσμίως - Η εικόνα στην Ελλάδα — inewsgr.com
3. Personal data of 2 million customers exposed after Oz Hair and Beauty hit by cyber attack — perthnow.com.au
4. UTSA Delays Classes After Cyber Attack — govtech.com
5. So about that Iranian cyberattack on our water supply. — slate.com
6. Mid-market firms account for 73% of ransomware victims — itbrief.co.nz
7. 'Huge human error' caused 'biggest ever' cyber attack on charity sector with millions warned their data may have been stolen — dailymail.com
8. OpenAI slows advanced AI development after its tools launched cyberattack — thepeninsulaqatar.com
9. Belgian furniture chain WEBA hit by a cyberattack — retaildetail.eu
10. OpenAI slows advanced AI development after its tools launched cyberattack — manilatimes.net
11. Ψηφιακός συναγερμός: Αυξάνονται κυβερνοεπιθέσεις και ransomware παγκοσμίως - Η εικόνα στην Ελλάδα — businessnews.gr
12. Cyberattack hits 63% of Latvia's population — albawaba.com
13. Cyberattack hits Berlin state ministries — globalsecurity.org
14. Medusa-Ransomware: Über 500 Organisationen in Infrastruktur kompromittiert — boerse-express.com
15. OpenAI Slows Advanced AI Development After Cyberattack — aawsat.com
16. OpenAI Slows Advanced AI Development After Cyberattack — deccanchronicle.com
17. OpenAI slows advanced AI development after cyberattack — arynews.tv
18. MASSIVE CYBERATTACK: Ashkelon Man Arrested For Allegedly Hacking Dozens Of Israeli Companies — theyeshivaworld.com
19. OpenAI slows advanced AI development after cyberattack — bssnews.net
20. OpenAI slows advanced AI development after cyberattack — thehindu.com
21. Data of 1.2m Latvians stolen in massive cyberattack — dailyadvertiser.com.au
22. Data of 1.2m Latvians stolen in massive cyberattack — dailyliberal.com.au
23. Data of 1.2m Latvians stolen in massive cyberattack — westernadvocate.com.au
24. Data of 1.2m Latvians stolen in massive cyberattack — perthnow.com.au
25. Data of 1.2m Latvians stolen in massive cyberattack — bordermail.com.au
26. Data of 1.2m Latvians stolen in massive cyberattack — singletonargus.com.au
27. OpenAI pauses some AI training after autonomous cyberattack — abcnews.com
28. 'Day by Day' for Suisun City, Calif., After Cyber Attack — govtech.com
29. NS Power cyberattack hearing examines training and customer data — saltwire.com
30. Lansing Urgent Care reports attempted cyberattack, no patient data believed leaked — wilx.com
31. Berlin shuts off two Senate departments following cyberattack — news.az
32. CVE-2025-60710: Ransomware nutzt die Windows-Lücke — CISA-KEV mit neuem Vermerk — blogspan.net
33. America's Water Systems Are Still Too Exposed to Cyberattack — securityinfowatch.com
34. Data of 1.2M people, 200,000 firms stolen in Latvia cyber attack — dailysabah.com
35. Suspected cyber attack on dozens of Israeli companies — israelnationalnews.com
36. Ransomware: So sollten Unternehmen mit Cyber-Erpressern verhandeln — handelsblatt.com
37. NCA: Cyberattack attempts recorded against user accounts of some organizations in Azerbaijan — en.apa.az
38. Data of 1.2 million people leaked in CSDD cyberattack in Latvia – including personal ID numbers and addresses — bnn-news.com
39. ARMA reports cyberattack amid competition for Morshynska assets — interfax.com.ua
40. Three-quarters of Ransomware Attacks Target Mid-Market Firms — infosecurity-magazine.com

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Related fact-checks

• An authentic cyberattack threat originating from Pakistan and circulating by email and text message mentioned a "Dance of the Hillary" video and a "tasksche.exe" file attachment.
  FalseSnopes · 2025-07-01
• There is a circulating video online called “Dance of the Hillary” that is actually a cyber attack from Pakistan.
  FalseVERA Files · 2025-05-16
• Ajit Doval’s Facebook post warning citizens of a possible cyberattack from Pakistan.
  MISLEADINGFACTLY · 2025-05-10
• Amid rising India–Pakistan tensions, ATMs across India will remain closed for 2–3 days due to a ransomware cyberattack by Pakistan.
  FALSEFACTLY · 2025-05-09
• ATMs will likely remain closed for the next 2–3 days due to a ransomware cyberattack
  FalseTelugu Post · 2025-05-09

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Cyberattacks receiving right now?

As of August 20, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.008% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 3 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Cyberattacks increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is down 30.0% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Cyberattacks?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -0.44, which reads as mildly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every two hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.