This statistic shows the answers to a telephone survey, performed from 2016 to 2018, on whether respondents from the Netherlands thought cyber attacks from other countries to be a major threat, a minor threat or no threat at all. The overall theme of the survey was on international concerns, which includes global warming, terrorism and cyberattacks. In 2018, foreign cyber attacks were regarded to be a bigger threat than in 2016. In October 2018, the Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service or MIVD publicly stated it had prevented a foreign hack of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague.
Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are major threat, a minor threat or not a threat to the Netherlands?
Characteristic
2016
2017
2018
Major threat
52%
57%
72%
Minor threat
40%
36%
24%
Not a threat
5%
5%
2%
Don't know/refused
3%
2%
2%
0%20%40%60%80%
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This question was phrased by the source as follows: "I'd like your opinion about some possible international concerns for [COUNTRY]. Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are a major threat, a minor threat or
not a threat to [COUNTRY]?"
The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
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Pew Research Center. (February 10, 2019). Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are major threat, a minor threat or not a threat to the Netherlands? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/991889/perceived-threat-of-foreign-cyber-attacks-in-the-netherlands/
Pew Research Center. "Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are major threat, a minor threat or not a threat to the Netherlands?." Chart. February 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991889/perceived-threat-of-foreign-cyber-attacks-in-the-netherlands/
Pew Research Center. (2019). Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are major threat, a minor threat or not a threat to the Netherlands?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/991889/perceived-threat-of-foreign-cyber-attacks-in-the-netherlands/
Pew Research Center. "Do You Think That Cyber Attacks from Other Countries Are Major Threat, a Minor Threat or Not a Threat to The Netherlands?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991889/perceived-threat-of-foreign-cyber-attacks-in-the-netherlands/
Pew Research Center, Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are major threat, a minor threat or not a threat to the Netherlands? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/991889/perceived-threat-of-foreign-cyber-attacks-in-the-netherlands/ (last visited April 25, 2025)
Do you think that cyber attacks from other countries are major threat, a minor threat or not a threat to the Netherlands? [Graph], Pew Research Center, February 10, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/991889/perceived-threat-of-foreign-cyber-attacks-in-the-netherlands/
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