FBI says online scams raked in $16.6 billion last year
Cybercriminals and online scammers stole a record $16.6 billion last year, the FBI said Wednesday.The figure, from the FBI’s annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report, is a sharp rise from the $12.5 billion reported in 2023, reflecting the increased prevalence of online scams, particularly ones including cryptocurrency and those targeting older Americans.While the report is a leading look at how the United States is ravaged by cybercrime, its numbers are an undercount, as it only refle...
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