Security News > 2021 > March > FBI: Cybercrime Victims Reported Losses of $4.2 Billion in 2020
The FBI this week published its Internet Crime Report for 2020, and the agency said it received nearly 800,000 cybercrime complaints last year, with reported losses totaling $4.2 billion.
The number of complaints received by the FBI in 2020 increased significantly compared to the previous year, when it got roughly 467,000 complaints.
The total reported losses for 2019 were approximately $3.5 billion.
In the case of ransomware attacks, the FBI received 2,400 complaints, with reported losses of nearly $30 million, but the organization pointed out that this does not include estimates of lost business, wages, time, or remediation services purchased by the victim as a result of the attack.
The losses reported as a result of tech support scams nearly tripled from 2019 to 2020.
The complete 2020 Internet Crime Report is available in the website of the Internet Crime Complaint Center.