U.S. government cyber security incidents by department 2019

During the most recent fiscal year, the Department of Health and Human Services encountered a total of 7,608 cyber security incidents, 603 of which were e-mail or phishing-related attacks. Overall, the HHS was ranked first in terms of cyber attacks, ahead of the Department of State, which had 2,376 cyber attacks directed against it in the fiscal yeah 2019.

Number of reported cyber attacks directed against selected departments and agencies of the U.S. government from FY 2016 to FY 2019

Characteristic	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018	FY 2019
Department of Health and Human Services	8,121	7,296	9,678	7,608
Department of State	1,003	4,405	4,560	2,376
Social Security Administration	1,626	2,944	3,369	4,796
Department of Commerce	2,575	2,007	1,827	1,463
Department of Veterans Affairs	2,808	2,661	1,776	827
Department of Justice	3,301	2,674	1,188	787
Department of Homeland Security	1,112	2,105	1,127	1,072
Department of Transportation	192	673	803	311
Department of Energy	620	544	647	820
Securities and Exchange Commission	43	527	552	396
National Aeronautics and Space Administration	1,484	1,847	317	1,469
Department of the Treasury	602	459	185	142

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May 2020

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FY 2016 to 2019

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agency-reported incidents; US-CERT incidents

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US-CERT is a division within DHS charged with responding to major information security incidents

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