Microsoft Report Ranks Israel Second in Observed Cyber Threat Activity

Microsoft's newly released 2026 Digital Defense Report ranks Israel second among countries where its customers were most frequently affected by cyber threats in January–June 2026. Israel accounted for 7.6% of the observed impact, behind the United States at 25.5%, followed by Ukraine at 4.8% and Taiwan at 3.9%. The ranking reflects Microsoft's telemetry, rather than a count of every cyberattack worldwide. Separately, Israel represented 39% of targeted-country activity attributed to Iran-linked actors in Microsoft's nation-state notification data. The report describes Iranian operations involving espionage, persistent access and disruptive or destructive attacks.