The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released disturbing
figures showing the increasing amount of loss incurred by businesses that
become victims of Internet
fraud. Data provided by the Internet
Crime Complaint Center (IC3) demonstrates that reported losses totaled $560
million in 2009, more than doubling the $265 million accounted for in 2008.
Registered complaints made to the IC3 rose 23% from year to year.
When considering this information, remember these numbers
only account for those incidents that were registered with the IC3. Innumerable
instances of unreported fraud and loss most certainly would inflate these
findings.
These statistics demonstrate just one more reason why
protecting yourself and your business should be priority one.
Thanks to Krebs on Security for bringing this topic to our attention.