Latest IC3 news

FBI warns of fake law firms targeting crypto scam victims

The FBI is warning of cybercriminals posing as law firms and lawyers that offer cryptocurrency recovery services to victims of investment scams and steal funds and personal information.
- Bill Toulas
- June 25, 2024
- 10:11 AM
- 0
FBI: U.S. lost record $12.5 billion to online crime in 2023

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2023 Internet Crime Report, which recorded a 22% increase in reported losses compared to 2022, amounting to a record of $12.5 billion.
- Bill Toulas
- March 07, 2024
- 07:53 AM
- 1
Threat actors use beta apps to bypass mobile app store security

The FBI is warning of a new tactic used by cybercriminals where they promote malicious "beta" versions of cryptocurrency investment apps on popular mobile app stores that are then used to steal crypto.
- Bill Toulas
- August 14, 2023
- 06:13 PM
- 0
FBI warns of increasing cryptocurrency recovery scams

The FBI is warning of an increase in scammers pretending to be recovery companies that can help victims of cryptocurrency investment scams recover lost assets.
- Bill Toulas
- August 14, 2023
- 01:02 PM
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FBI: Ransomware hit 860 critical infrastructure orgs in 2022

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed in its 2022 Internet Crime Report that ransomware gangs breached the networks of at least 860 critical infrastructure organizations last year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 15, 2023
- 04:23 PM
- 1
FBI: Stolen PII and deepfakes used to apply for remote tech jobs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns of an increase in complaints that cybercriminals are using Americans' stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and deepfakes to apply for remote work positions.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 28, 2022
- 10:41 AM
- 0
FBI says business email compromise is a $43 billion scam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today that the amount of money lost to business email compromise (BEC) scams continues to grow each year, with a 65% increase in the identified global exposed losses between July 2019 and December 2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 04, 2022
- 12:19 PM
- 0
FBI: Ransomware hit 649 critical infrastructure orgs in 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says ransomware gangs have breached the networks of at least 649 organizations from multiple US critical infrastructure sectors last year, according to the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 2021 Internet Crime Report.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 23, 2022
- 03:00 PM
- 0
FBI: Online shoppers risk losing over $53M to holiday scams

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned today that online shoppers risk losing more than $53 million during this year's holiday season to scams promising bargains and hard-to-find gifts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 24, 2021
- 12:13 PM
- 0
FBI: $113 million lost to online romance scams this year

The FBI warned today that a massive spike of online romance scams this year caused Americans to lose more than $113 million since the start of 2021.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 16, 2021
- 12:54 PM
- 0
FBI: Spike in sextortion attacks cost victims $8 million this year

The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned of a massive increase in sextortion complaints since the start of 2021, resulting in total financial losses of more than $8 million until the end of July.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- September 03, 2021
- 07:36 AM
- 1
FBI says cybercrime complaints more than doubled in 14 months

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has seen a massive 100% in cybercrime complaints over the past 14 months.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 18, 2021
- 12:20 PM
- 0
FBI warns of BEC scammers using email auto-forwarding in attacks

The FBI is warning U.S. companies about scammers actively abusing auto-forwarding rules on web-based email clients to increase the likelihood of successful Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 01, 2020
- 09:30 AM
- 0
FBI warns of recently registered domains spoofing its sites

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning the general public of the risks behind recently registered FBI-related domains that spoof some of the federal law enforcement agency's official websites.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- November 23, 2020
- 11:40 AM
- 0
Single & penniless: FBI warns of $475M lost to romance scams

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning of online romance scams, an ongoing online fraud trend that can lead to large financial losses, as well as devastating emotional scars.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- August 28, 2020
- 12:39 PM
- 0
FBI warns of increased hacking risk if using mobile banking apps

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today warned mobile banking app users that they will be increasingly targeted by hacker trying to steal their credentials and take over their banking accounts.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 10, 2020
- 12:56 PM
- 0
FBI: Extortion scammers more active due to stay-at-home orders

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned today of an increasing number of online extortion scam reports because a lot more people are being targeted due to the "stay-at-home" orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 20, 2020
- 12:47 PM
- 0
FBI warns again of BEC scammers exploiting cloud email services

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued today a public service announcement warning of cybercriminals abusing popular cloud-based email services as part of Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 06, 2020
- 02:03 PM
- 0
FBI Warns of Attacks on Remote Work, Distance Learning Platforms

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) issued a public service announcement today about the risk of attacks exploiting the increased usage of online communication platforms for remote working and distance learning.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 02, 2020
- 11:28 AM
- 0
FBI Warns of Human Traffickers Luring Victims on Social Networks

FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today issued a public service announcement on human traffickers' continued usage of online platforms like dating sites and social networks to lure victims.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 16, 2020
- 03:19 PM
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