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FBI 2023 Internet Crime Report: Cybercrime Rose to $12.5 Billion, Record Number of Complaints Logged as Ransomware Roars Back

March 14, 2024

The total cost of cybercrime jumped to $12.5 billion in 2023, and the FBI logged a record 880,418 complaints (a 10% increase from the previous year). This is in part being fed by ransomware attacks, which came close to doubling in total cost from 2022 to 2023.

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FBI Budget Request Includes $64 Million for “Key” Cyber Threats, With Primary Focus on China

May 10, 2023

Describing cyber threats as one of its primary challenges, the FBI is asking for an additional $64 million in 2024 to add 192 new positions and improve its cyber capabilities. Much of the budget request focuses on the looming threat that China poses.

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FBI Annual Internet Crime Report Finds Hot New Trend in Online Scams: “Pig Butchering”

March 21, 2023

Investment scams that involve grooming a target to invest in fraudulent endeavors took off like a rocket in 2022 and led all cyber crime, racking up $3.3 billion in losses on the year.

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Fake Emails Sent From FBI Server Linked to “Ethical Hacker”; Security Researcher Accuses Him of Secret Double Life as a “Black Hat” Criminal

November 19, 2021

A blast of thousands of fake emails from the FBI named security professional Vinny Troia as a criminal. Troia believes the perpetrator is affiliated with several different criminal groups and also running a “white hat” security firm in Canada.

Businessmen reviewing paper document at meeting showing ransomware gangs and mergers and acquisitions

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FBI Warns That Ransomware Gangs Target Companies During Mergers and Acquisitions, Threatening To Disclose Non-Public Information

November 12, 2021

Ransomware gangs search for non-public financial information that could affect stock prices during mergers and acquisitions and threaten to publish it to coerce the victim to pay.

Open padlock with keys on laptop keyboard showing ransomware decryption key

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FBI Withheld Kaseya Ransomware Decryption Key for Three Weeks; Congress Demands the Agency Explain Itself

October 6, 2021

It has been discovered that the FBI quietly held on to the Kaseya decryption key for three weeks prior to making it available to the public in a bid to "disrupt" the attack.

Hacker holding money after successful attack showing ban of ransomware payments

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Top FBI Official: Banning Ransomware Payments Won’t Make the Situation Better

August 6, 2021

There has been considerable debate about banning ransomware payments as a means of curbing the explosive growth of the crime Assistant director of the FBI's cyber division weighed in, suggesting that it would create a new avenue of extortion.

Ambulance car with the flashing lights in Manhattan showing ransomware attacks on healthcare system

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FBI Issues Alert Over Increased Conti Ransomware Attacks Targeting the Healthcare System and First Responder Networks

June 4, 2021

FBI warned of increased Conti ransomware attacks against the healthcare system and first responder networks At least 16 organizations were targeted.

Underwater scene of a businessman taking the bait showing increase in online scams and investment fraud complaints to FBI

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FBI Received Record Number of Reports on Online Scams and Investment Fraud Costing Americans Billions

May 31, 2021

The FBI says Americans lost billions from the record number one million complaints of online scams and investment fraud schemes reported during the pandemic.

Yellow crime scene tape and handcuffs on computer keyboard showing rise in cyber crime

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FBI Annual Internet Crime Report: Record Number of Cyber Crime Complaints in 2020, Business Email Compromise Hits Hardest Despite Rise in Ransomware and Phishing

March 22, 2021

The FBI and IC3’s recently released 2020 Internet Crime Report reveals that complaints of cyber crime nearly doubled from 2019, hitting an all-time record total of 791,790.

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FBI 2023 Internet Crime Report: Cybercrime Rose to $12.5 Billion, Record Number of Complaints Logged as Ransomware Roars Back

FBI Budget Request Includes $64 Million for “Key” Cyber Threats, With Primary Focus on China

FBI Annual Internet Crime Report Finds Hot New Trend in Online Scams: “Pig Butchering”

Fake Emails Sent From FBI Server Linked to “Ethical Hacker”; Security Researcher Accuses Him of Secret Double Life as a “Black Hat” Criminal

FBI Warns That Ransomware Gangs Target Companies During Mergers and Acquisitions, Threatening To Disclose Non-Public Information

FBI Withheld Kaseya Ransomware Decryption Key for Three Weeks; Congress Demands the Agency Explain Itself

Top FBI Official: Banning Ransomware Payments Won’t Make the Situation Better

FBI Issues Alert Over Increased Conti Ransomware Attacks Targeting the Healthcare System and First Responder Networks

FBI Received Record Number of Reports on Online Scams and Investment Fraud Costing Americans Billions

FBI Annual Internet Crime Report: Record Number of Cyber Crime Complaints in 2020, Business Email Compromise Hits Hardest Despite Rise in Ransomware and Phishing

Blood Donation Service Confirms July 2024 Ransomware Attack Resulted in Personal Data Breach

Chinese Hackers Access Secretary Janet Yellen’s Computer During US Treasury Breach

Major Cybersecurity Executive Order Looks to Bolster Federal Agencies and Contractors Before Presidential Transition

UN Aviation Agency ICAO Suffers Data Breach Impacting Nearly 12,000 People