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In this year’s Preventive Priorities Survey, a cyberattack on U.S. critical infrastructure was ranked as the number one threat. Given heightened tensions with Iran following the death of Qasem Soleimani, ongoing Russian election interference, and the ever-present prospect that tensions with China could boil over, the likelihood of a significant cyberattack on the United States in the next year is high.