FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report

The 2025 Internet Crime Report was published a few weeks ago, but I only just saw it. Lots of interesting statistics. Press release. News articles...

‘Pig Butchering’ Scams Are Now a $3 Billion Threat

The FBI’s latest Internet Crime Report highlights the stunning rise of investment-themed crimes over the past 18 months...

Business Email Compromise. What to do

The FBI has just released it’s annual Internet Crime Report for 2019, it makes for some really interesting and depressing reading. The mainstream media focused on the headline figure of $3.5Bn in losses in 2019, but what caught my eye is the Business Email Compromise BEC or CEO Fraud stats. I...

FBI Releases IC3 2019 Internet Crime Report

The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released the 2019 Internet Crime Report, which includes statistics based on data reported by the public through the IC3 website. The top three crimes types reported by victims in 2019 were...

FBI: BEC Scam Losses Almost Double To Reach $1.2 Billion

Business email compromise BEC scams are squeezing more money than ever out of victims, with losses from the attacks almost doubling year-over-year in 2018 to reach $1.2 billion. That’s according to the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Report IC3 for 2018, which records the number of complaints, losses...

IC3 Issues Internet Crime Report for 2016

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released its 2016 Internet Crime Report, describing the numbers and types of cyber crimes reported to IC3. Business Email Compromise BEC, ransomware attacks, tech support fraud, and extortion are all common schemes affecting people in the U.S. and aroun...

IC3 Issues Internet Crime Report for 2014

The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3 has released its Internet Crime Report for 2014, indicating that scams relating to social media—including doxing, click-jacking, and pharming—have increased substantially over the past five years. US-CERT encourages users to review the IC3 Alert for details...

IC3: Internet Crime Up in 2010

Internet crime is on the rise again according to a report recently released by The Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3. The organization said last week that it received the second-highest number of complaints in its decade long history in 2010. Released on February 24, the 2010 Internet Crime...