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U.S. government: number of cyber security incidents 2017, by attack vector
Number of reported cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2017, by attack vector
by J. Clement,
last edited
May 27, 2019
This statistic presents the number of cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2017 by attack vector. During the reported period, the U.S. government encountered 7,328 e-mail or phishing attacks. CFO Act agencies accounted for the majority of cyber attacks.
Number of reported cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2017, by attack vector
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by J. Clement,
last edited
May 27, 2019
This statistic presents the number of cyber attacks directed against the U.S. government in FY 2017 by attack vector. During the reported period, the U.S. government encountered 7,328 e-mail or phishing attacks. CFO Act agencies accounted for the majority of cyber attacks.
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- United States
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- Fiscal year 2017
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- agency-reported incidents; US-CERT incidents
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CFO Act agencies are those agencies designated in the CFO Act (with the addition of DHS and minus the Federal Emergency Management Agency). In practice, the CFO Act agencies are the 24 largest Federal agencies in terms of budget; the 23
civilian CFO Act agencies are the CFO Act agencies minus the Department of Defense.
US-CERT is a division within DHS charged with responding to major information security incidents
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- agency-reported incidents; US-CERT incidents
- Supplementary notes
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CFO Act agencies are those agencies designated in the CFO Act (with the addition of DHS and minus the Federal Emergency Management Agency). In practice, the CFO Act agencies are the 24 largest Federal agencies in terms of budget; the 23
civilian CFO Act agencies are the CFO Act agencies minus the Department of Defense.
US-CERT is a division within DHS charged with responding to major information security incidents
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