ENISA Reports Increasing Cyber Threats to EU Public Administration

• •Public administration in the EU increasingly targeted by DDoS attacks.
• •ENISA analyzed 4,875 cyber incidents from 2025, highlighting significant threats.
• •Collaboration among threat groups is leading to new attack models and techniques.

The ENISA Threat Landscape report for 2026 reveals that the public administration sector in the EU faced significant cyber threats in 2025, particularly from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks by hacktivists. The report analyzed 4,875 incidents, indicating a rise in targeted attacks against public sector entities. Key adversaries are utilizing new attack models and collaborating to exploit vulnerabilities. The report emphasizes the need for improved cybersecurity measures due to the expanding attack surface created by digital dependencies. The findings are based on incidents observed from January to December 2025, with a focus on the public administration sector's vulnerabilities. The report aims to aid national and EU authorities in enhancing their cybersecurity resilience.