FBI Report: hackers stole last year 28 million dollars in cryptocurrency

There were 298 728 cases, the victims have lost a total of 1.33 billion dollars. Cybercriminals have stolen and 28.3 million dollars in criptovalută. On 22 June, the FBI presented an annual activity report for 2016. In the report were presented results of analyzes department Untraceable (IC3). It is estimated that the number of attacks is much higher. According to studies by the US Department of Justice, only 15% of victims are addressed to police. FBI analyzed several hot topics related to Internet fraud reported in 2016. For example, in cases where the mailboxes have been compromised, hackers have obtained 360 million dollars from victims. This type of fraud is the one who brought the greatest harm. Favorite targets of attackers are companies with international partners ransomware attacks are also a favorite of cybercriminals. In these cases, the hacker targets are electronic devices, especially PCs and laptops. They are infected with malware which blocks access to the data on the drive. Subsequently, to regain access to their computers, victims must pay ransom. According to the FBI report, in most cases payment is claimed cryptocurrency. In 2016, IC3 has identified 2,673 complaints about ransomware attacks. Losses are estimated at 2.4 million dollars. Another common type of fraud was that the hackers were playing the role of employees from Technical Support. In these cases, the victims have lost 7.8 million dollars. Hackers persuade people that are employed by software companies, the companies or cable Internet. After the victims gave them remote access to devices, criminals began to operate. Many companies, including Microsoft and Mozilla have alerted customers to not fall prey to such fraud. Millions of dollars lost forever IC3 recorded 17 146 cases of scams that have resulted in the loss of 15 million dollars. In these cases, hackers demanded money for victims under threat they will be published various sensitive information. The agency also identified various forms of illegal online such as DoS attacks, killers, sexual şantajuri, data theft, etc. According to the FBI, criminals often required payments criptovalute because they confer greater safety, are easily transmitted and difficult to follow. YoY in 2016 the number of cyber fraud increased by 3.7%. Losses suffered by victims were also higher by 380 million dollars. Except the US, a top 5 countries with the highest level of crimes online is as follows: Canada (3722 cases), India (2188 cases), the UK (1509 cases), Australia (936 cases) and France (568 cases) . In the US, most victims are from California (39.547), followed by those in Texas (21 441) and Florida (21.068). FBI also compared the ages people have been attacked. Thus, victims of over 60 years had the highest injury (339 million dollars). All these are the most common cases (55.043). Those aged between 30 and 39 years were the 2nd most popular with hackers (54 670 cases recorded). The losses suffered by these victims amounts to 190 million dollars. The last category is the target of attackers youths under 20 years. Only 10 004 cases were reported by young people, and damage totaled 6.7 million dollars.