U.S. government: number of cyber security incidents FY 2016-2019, by department

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Ani Petrosyan,
Sep 19, 2022
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

CharacteristicFY 2016FY 2017FY 2018FY 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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