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FBI: Cybercrime Accounted for $2.7B in Losses in 2018

ID: 62c496e8-87c5-5850-809a-35a80bf392bc

STIX ID: report--62c496e8-87c5-5850-809a-35a80bf392bc

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
55/100

Date Published: 2019-04-25

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Elizabeth Montalbano

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The article summarizes the FBI IC3 2018 Internet Crime Report, reporting rising cybercrime complaints (351,936 in 2018) and substantial financial losses (billions cumulatively and billions in 2018-related summary figures), highlighting top threats such as business e-mail compromise, romance fraud, non-delivery scams, extortion, and phishing-based payroll diversion while noting the IC3's Recovery Asset Team successes and the ongoing challenge of defending against diverse, often non-technical fraud schemes.

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