KnowBe4 - The FBI recently published its 2017 Cybercrime Report highlighting trends and statistics

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The FBI recently published its 2017 Internet Crime Report highlighting trends and statistics compiled by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (“IC3”) during 2017.

The report compiles data from a total of 301,580 complaints which reported losses of over $1.4 billion. In addition to an explanation of the IC3’s history and operations, the report includes five “hot topics” from 2017: business email compromise (“BEC”), ransomware, tech support fraud, extortion, and the Justice Department’s Elder Justice Initiative.



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/the-fbi-recently-published-its-2017-internet-crime-report-highlighting-trends-and-statistics

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