Cyber events in DOE outage reports

25cyber event reports filed with DOE, 2014 to 2023

1% of the 2,516 reports on file are cyber event filings. The group peaked in 2021 at 7, and Texas files the most (6). 0 of the 25 list customers, 0 of them 50,000 or more.

Cyber events: reports by year

The 25 reports break down as 7 in 2014 to 2018 and 18 in 2019 to 2023, a rise of 157%.

cyber event reports a year

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Where cyber event reports are filed

States with the most cyber event reports
State	Reports	Of its total	Per million
Texas	6	2%	0.2
California	4	1%	0.1
New York	3	3%	0.2
Washington	3	2%	0.4
Pennsylvania	2	2%	0.2
New Jersey	2	6%	0.2
Illinois	2	4%	0.2
Wisconsin	2	4%	0.3
Florida	2	3%	0.1
Indiana	1	3%	0.1
Massachusetts	1	1%	0.1
New Hampshire	1	2%	0.7

What DOE calls these events

4 different DOE labels sit in the cyber event group.

Event-type labels in the cyber event group
Type	Reports	Of group
Cyber Event	18	72%
Suspected Cyber Attack	3	12%
Cyber Attack	3	12%
Cyber event (information technology)	1	4%

This group against all reports

cyber event reports by year against all reports
Year	Group	All	Share
2014	3	214	1%
2015	0	143	0%
2016	4	141	3%
2017	0	150	0%
2018	0	220	0%
2019	0	278	0%
2020	3	383	1%
2021	7	387	2%
2022	4	256	2%
2023	4	344	1%

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Other groups

Sources

DOE OE-417 files hold 25 cyber event reports; snapshot 9 Dec 2024. The cyber event grouping is ours: method.

Questions

How many cyber event reports are in the OE-417 files?

25 of 2,516 from 2014 to 2023, 1%.

Which state files the most cyber event reports?

Texas with 6, then California (4) and New York (3).

Is the number of cyber event reports rising?

25 reports in all: 7 in 2014 to 2018 and 18 in 2019 to 2023, a rise of 157%; filing habits shifted over the years.