US Ransomware Attacks Up 9%, Crypto Fraud up 66%
Ransomware remains the top threat to American infrastructure, with complaints in 2024 rising 9% above 2023’s total, the FBI said Wednesday (April 23).
A report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) stated that despite international law enforcement efforts to disrupt ransomware operators and cybercrime forums, criminals are targeting critical sectors, including manufacturing, financial services, information technology, healthcare and government facilities.
Nearly half of all ransomware complaints received by the IC3 last year involved those critical infrastructure organizations, the report said.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) specifically defines “critical infrastructure”…
