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Conventional military threats on one country from another are drastically reduced today. However, there is a trend of increasing non-conventional threats, such as: terrorism, cyber-attacks and hybrid threats, which we will talk about in greater detail. Based on the data we have available in the Republic of North Macedonia and beyond, hybrid threats are common and are becoming more frequent. Following the geopolitical movements, it is expected that hybrid threats will become more frequent in the future in our country. Such threats can cause economic losses, difficulties in the work of the public administration, problems in critical infrastructure, and loss of trust of the citizens in the state institutions. These hybrid threats can be carried out by our fellow citizens who are motivated by political agendas, often with the aim of playing with state institutions, but also by foreign countries and well-organized criminal groups. In this way, hybrid threats pose a danger to the security, stability and functioning of the country. The development of digital infrastructure has drastically changed our daily, social and economic life and is influencing the emergence of new crimes related to hybrid threats. The progress of society is closely related to the implementation of new opportunities offered by technology, and the possibility of their abuse increases accordingly, so the state needs to seriously engage in defense against hybrid threats that will be more and more present in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]