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U.S. cybercrime losses and IC3 complaints climbed to record highs

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U.S. cybercrime losses reached nearly $21 billion last year, while IC3 complaints climbed past 1 million, signaling a worsening fraud and compromise trend across American victims. The biggest drivers were investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches. Investment fraud alone accounted for 49% of scam-related incidents and $8.6 billion in losses. Crypto-targeting crime caused more than $11 billion in losses across 181,565 cases.

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  1. 07.04.2026 23:41 2 articles · 3mo ago

    U.S. cybercrime losses and IC3 complaints reach record highs

    Victim Impact Update

    The FBI said U.S. victims lost nearly $21 billion to cyber-enabled crimes in 2025, while Internet Crime Complaint Center complaints surpassed 1 million and cyber-enabled fraud accounted for $17.7 billion across 453,000 complaints; investment scams, business email compromise, tech support fraud, and data breaches drove most losses, and Americans over 60 reported $7.7 billion in losses.

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