Ransomware Is Scary But Another Scam Is Costing Victims Much Much More Says Fbi
The FBI says in its 2021 annual report that Americans last year lost $6.9 billion to scammers and cyber criminals through ransomware, BEC, and cryptocurrency theft related to financial and romance scams. In 2020, that figure stood at $4.2 billion. Last year, FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 847,376 complaints about cybercrime losses, up 7% from 791,790 complaints in 2020. SEE: This sneaky type of phishing is growing fast because hackers are seeing big paydays BEC has been the largest source of fraud for several years despite ransomware attacks grabbing most headlines....