U.S. government agencies: number of cybersecurity incidents 2023, by attack vector

Published by
Ani Petrosyan
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Sep 30, 2024

In the fiscal year 2023, the U.S. government encountered 6,198 e-mail or phishing attacks. The majority of these attacks targeted CFO act agencies. Attacks that occurred due to a violation of an organization's acceptable usage by an authorized user, excluding mentioned categories, amounted to over 12,000 cases.

Number of reported cyberattacks against the U.S. government in FY 2023, by attack vector and government agencies

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Release date

June 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

FY 2023

Special properties

agency-reported incidents; US-CERT incidents

Supplementary notes

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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