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Cybersecurity reports and statistics published by FBI

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Recent Statistics & Reports

Since January 2025, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received over 5,100 complaints regarding Account Takeover fraud, with total losses surpassing $262 million.

11/29/2025
Account Takeover fraud

The FBI received 86,415 complaints about extortion in 2024 (versus 48,223 in 2023 and 39,416 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Extortion

The FBI received 17,910 complaints about confidence fraud/romance scams in 2024 (versus 17,823 in 2023 and 19,021 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraudRomance scam

The FBI received 21,403 complaints about identity theft in 2024 (versus 19,778 in 2023 and 27,922 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Identity theft

The FBI received 3,204 complaints about data breaches in 2024 (versus 3,727 in 2023 and 2,795 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Data breach

The FBI received 64,882 complaints about personal data breach in 2024 (versus 55,851 in 2023 and 58,859 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Data breach

The FBI received 587 complaints about botnets in 2024 (versus 540 in 2023 and 568 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraudBotnet

The FBI received 21,442 complaints about business email compromise scams in 2024 (versus 21,489 in 2023 and 21,832 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraudBEC

The FBI received 7097 complaints about advanced fee scams in 2024 (versus 8,045 in 2023 and 11,264 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraudAdvanced fee scam

The FBI received 17,367 complaints about government impersonation in 2024 (versus 14,190 in 2023 and 11,554 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraudImpersonation

The FBI received 441 complaints about malware in 2024 (versus 659 in 2023 and 762 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Malware

The FBI received 36,002 complaints about tech support scams in 2024 (versus 37,560 in 2023 and 32,538 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraud

The average loss to cybercrime in 2024 was $19,372.

4/23/2025
Cybercrime

The FBI received 193,407 complaints about phishing/spoofing in 2024 (versus 298,878 in 2023 and 321,136 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Social engineeringPhishingSpoofing

The FBI received 12,876 complaints about credit card/check fraud in 2024 (versus 13,718 in 2023 and 22,985 in 2022).

4/23/2025
ScamFraudCredit card fraud

The FBI received 859,532 complaints in total in 2024.

4/23/2025
ScamFraud

The FBI received 3,156 complaints about ransomware in 2024 (versus 2,825 in 2023 and 2,385 in 2022).

4/23/2025
Ransomware

FBI's Internet Crime Report 2024 recorded $16.6 billion in cybercrime losses.

4/23/2025
Cybercrime

The FBI received 982 complaints about SIM swap attacks in 2024 (versus 1,075 in 2023 and 2,026 in 2022).

4/23/2025
SIM swap attack