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June 23, 2017 08:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/_5VoG9MX7Xc/victims-arent-reporting-ransomware-attacks-fbi-report-concludes
Victims Aren't Reporting Ransomware Attacks, FBI Report Concludes
Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: Despite being an expanding threat, ransomware infections are rarely reported to law enforcement agencies, according to conclusions from the 2016 Internet Crime Report (PDF), released yesterday by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). During 2016, FBI IC3 officials said they received only 2,673 complaints regarding ransomware incidents, which ranked ransomware as the 22nd most reported cyber-crime in the US, having caused just over $2.4 million in damages (ranked 25th). The numbers are ridiculously small compared to what happens in the real world, where ransomware is one of today's most prevalent cyber-threats, according to multiple reports from cyber-security companies.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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