IC3 Issues Internet Crime Report for 2016

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IC3 Issues Internet Crime Report for 2016 [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/06/21/IC3-Issues-Internet-Crime-Report-2016 ] 06/21/2017 06:40 PM 
EDT 
Original release date: June 21, 2017

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2016 Internet Crime Report, describing the numbers and types 
of cyber crimes reported to IC3. Business Email Compromise (BEC), ransomware attacks, tech support fraud, and extortion 
are all common schemes affecting people in the U.S. and around the world.

US-CERT encourages users to review the 2016 Internet Crime Report [ https://pdf.ic3.gov/2016_IC3Report.pdf ] for 
details and refer to the US-CERT Security Publication on Ransomware [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/security-publications/Ransomware ] for information on defending against this particular threat.

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