The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says that during 2015, its officers received a record number of complaints from users infected with ransomware.
According to the IC3's 2015 Internet Crime Report, the Bureau saw 2,453 ransomware complaints in 2015, a thousand more than 2014's total of 1,402. IC3 officials estimate that these infections caused damages of well over $1.6 million to the affected parties.
The report only includes data from 2015, when even if ransomware was a dangerous threat, it never reached the levels it attained during the first few months of 2016.
Full Article: FBI: Ransomware Complaints Doubled in 2015
According to the IC3's 2015 Internet Crime Report, the Bureau saw 2,453 ransomware complaints in 2015, a thousand more than 2014's total of 1,402. IC3 officials estimate that these infections caused damages of well over $1.6 million to the affected parties.
The report only includes data from 2015, when even if ransomware was a dangerous threat, it never reached the levels it attained during the first few months of 2016.
Full Article: FBI: Ransomware Complaints Doubled in 2015
