1、2021 INTERNET CRIME REPORT 1 FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 2 Contents INTRODUCTION.3 THE IC3.4 THE IC3 ROLE IN COMBATING CYBER CRIME.5 IC3 CORE FUNCTIONS.6 IC3 COMPLAINT STATISTICS.7 Last 5 Years.7 Top 5 Crime Type Comparison.8 THREAT OVERVIEWS FOR 2021.9 Business Email Compromise(BEC).9 IC3 RECOV
2、ERY ASSET TEAM.10 RAT SUCCESSES.11 Confidence Fraud/Romance Scams.12 Cryptocurrency(Virtual Currency).13 Ransomware.14 Tech Support Fraud.17 IC3 by the Numbers.18 2021 Victims by Age Group.19 2021-Top 20 International Victim Countries.20 2021-Top 10 States by Number of Victims.21 2021-Top 10 States
3、by Victim Loss in$Millions.21 2021 CRIME TYPES.22 2021 Crime Types continued.23 Last 3 Year Complaint Count Comparison.24 Last 3 Year Complaint Loss Comparison.25 Overall State Statistics.26 Overall State Statistics continued.27 Overall State Statistics continued.28 Overall State Statistics continue
4、d.29 Appendix A:Definitions.30 Appendix B:Additional Information about IC3 Data.33 2021 INTERNET CRIME REPORT 3 INTRODUCTION Dear Reader,In 2021,America experienced an unprecedented increase in cyber attacks and malicious cyber activity.These cyber attacks compromised businesses in an extensive arra
5、y of business sectors as well as the American public.As the cyber threat evolves and becomes increasingly intertwined with traditional foreign intelligence threats and emerging technologies,the FBI continues to leverage our unique authorities and partnerships to impose risks and consequences on our
6、nations cyber adversaries.The FBIs Internet Crime Complaint Center(IC3)provides the American public with a direct outlet to report cyber crimes to the FBI.We analyze and investigate the reporting to track the trends and threats from cyber criminals and then share this data with our intelligence and