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U.S. government: number of cyber security incidents 2017, by department

Number of reported cyber attacks directed against selected departments and agencies of the U.S. government in FY 2017

The data displays the number of cyber attacks directed against selected U.S. government departments and agencies in FY 2017, sorted by attack vector. During the reported period, the Department of Health and Human Services encountered a total of 7,296 cyber security incidents, 1,120 of which were e-mail or phishing-related attacks.

Attrition	0	4	14	2	6	8	1	1	7	81
Email/phishing	14	64	1120	241	339	2598	10	614	646	112
Extermal/removable media	0	0	5	13	1	8	0	19	3	5
Improper usage	115	102	2575	407	513	525	95	107	209	1059
Loss or theft of equipment	26	167	651	16	1267	27	95	394	249	79
Physical cause	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Web	7	75	907	124	61	281	8	723	354	349
Other	21	131	1952	1245	457	877	248	771	333	1236
Multiple attack vectors	4	1	72	57	30	81	2	30	46	23

U.S. government: number of cyber security incidents 2017, by department

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