Cyber-enabled fraud dominated IC3 reports in 2025, accounting for 85% of reported losses and $17.6 billion stolen, with investment fraud, BEC, and tech support scams among the largest contributors. The FBI also warned of a growing ransomware ecosystem—63 new variants identified and investigations into over 200 variants—while AI-enabled scams and cryptocurrency-facilitated thefts drove significant additional losses. #IC3 #FBI
Keypoints
- Cyber-enabled fraud caused $17.6 billion in losses reported to IC3 in 2025, representing 85% of total financial losses.
- Investment fraud led losses at $8.6 billion, followed by business email compromise and tech support scams.
- The FBI is investigating over 200 ransomware variants and identified 63 new variants last year, with 3,611 related complaints.
- About 22,000 complaints involved AI with roughly $893 million in reported losses, and cryptocurrency-related thefts totaled over $11.3 billion.
- People aged 60+ filed 201,266 complaints tied to $7.7 billion in losses, and 14 of 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors were hit by ransomware.
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