Hi All
The FBI have published their latest Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report and the numbers are staggering:
- Cyber-crime losses exceeded $12.5 billion (22% increase YoY)
- 880,418 complaints (10% increase YoY)
- Investment scam losses of $4.57 (38% increase YoY)
- Business Email Compromise (BEC) cost $2.9 billion
- In comparison, REPORTED ransomware incidents only costs victim organisations just $59.6 million
Cryptocurrency scams were up 53% and resulted in $4 billion of losses. I'm sure the recent recovery in crypto prices and the prediction that BRead the full report at https://lnkd.in/gX2DXk3h and browse the comparative data at https://www.ic3.gov/TC will hit $250,000 next year (https://lnkd.in/gF7yXADS) will see more people sucked into crypto themed scams in 2024.
Read the full report at https://lnkd.in/gX2DXk3h and browse the comparative data at https://www.ic3.gov/
Regards
Caute_Cautim
Thanks for sharing this information with us @Caute_cautim.