Episode 372: Review of FBI 2024 Internet Crime Report

This episode examines the FBI’s 2024 report on Internet Crime. This report comes from the Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3. The report shows there were over 800k+ complaints filed with losses exceeding $16 billion in 2024. The top three cyber crimes were phishing/spoofing, extortion, and personal data breaches. The report provides basic statistics and goes deeper on elder fraud and crypto fraud. Links to the report and press release are included below.  

Link: 2024_IC3Report.pdf

Link: FBI Releases Annual Internet Crime Report — FBI