Law enforcement agencies receive over 880,000 cyber crime complaints each year. Reported losses exceed 12 billion dollars. Separate records show more than 12 billion accounts exposed through breaches worldwide.
Key Takeaways
- Statista: DDoS attacks hit 15.4M in 2023 globally
- Cloudflare 2023: Mitigated 21M DDoS attacks per second peak
- Akamai SOTA 2023: DDoS attacks up 500% in gaming sector
- IBM's 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report averaged $4.45 million per breach
- Have I Been Pwned database has over 12 billion accounts breached as of 2024
- Ponemon/IBM 2023: Stolen credentials caused 16% of breaches costing $4.76M avg
- In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 880,418 cyber crime complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion
- Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams caused $2.9 billion in losses in 2023 per IC3
- Chainalysis reported $24.1 billion in crypto stolen via hacks in 2022
- Phishing was the most reported cyber crime in 2023 with 298,878 complaints to IC3
- Verizon's 2023 DBIR found 49% of breaches involved social engineering
- APWG Q4 2023 Phishing Activity Trends reported 951,015 unique phishing sites
- Ransomware complaints to IC3 rose to 2,825 in 2023 with $59.6 million reported losses
- Emsisoft reported over 2,000 ransomware victims in US healthcare in 2023
- Sophos 2023 State of Ransomware found 66% of orgs hit by ransomware
DDoS and phishing surged in 2023 while ransomware and credential theft drove rising global cyber losses.
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DDoS Attacks10 stats
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Statista: DDoS attacks hit 15.4M in 2023 globally
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Cloudflare 2023: Mitigated 21M DDoS attacks per second peak
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Akamai SOTA 2023: DDoS attacks up 500% in gaming sector
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Imperva 2023: 62% of internet traffic was DDoS bots
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Netscout 2023: 10.03 Tbps largest DDoS attack recorded
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Cloudflare Q1 2024: 16.8M DDoS attacks mitigated
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Akamai: Layer 7 DDoS up 46% in 2023
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Imperva: DDoS attacks every 20 seconds on avg in 2023
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Netscout: 7.9M DDoS attacks in H1 2023
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OVHcloud: 849 Mpps DDoS record in 2023
Interpretation
DDoS Attacks Interpretation
The internet's digital arteries are under constant, massive siege, with DDoS attacks now so frequent and powerful they've become a mundane yet terrifying background hum to online life.
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Data Breaches19 stats
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IBM's 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report averaged $4.45 million per breach
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Have I Been Pwned database has over 12 billion accounts breached as of 2024
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Ponemon/IBM 2023: Stolen credentials caused 16% of breaches costing $4.76M avg
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Hold Security: 2023 saw 1.2B credentials exposed in breaches
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Identity Theft Resource Center 2023: 3,205 breaches exposing 354M records
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IBM 2023: Avg breach lifecycle 277 days
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HIBP: LinkedIn breach 2021 exposed 700M user data
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Verizon: 83% of breaches involved external actors in 2023 DBIR
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ITRC: Education sector 24% of 2023 breaches
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IBM: Lost productivity cost $1.59M avg per breach 2023
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Verizon DBIR 2024 preview: Misc. errors 10% of breaches
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HIBP: MOVEit breach affected 62M individuals 2023
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ITRC: Retail 15% of data breaches in 2023
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IBM: Detection/analysis costs $1.58M avg per breach 2023
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Verizon: System intrusion 27% of breach patterns 2023
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HIBP: Twitter breach 200M emails 2023
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IBM: Cloud breaches cost $4.75M avg vs $4.35M on-prem 2023
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Verizon DBIR: Privilege misuse 5% of breaches 2023
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ITRC: Government 12% of breaches 2023
Interpretation
Data Breaches Interpretation
With over 12 billion accounts floating in the digital underworld and each corporate data breach costing nearly $4.5 million, it's clear that our collective password hygiene is not just a personal problem but a multi-billion-dollar industry for criminals.
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Financial Losses20 stats
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In 2023, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 880,418 cyber crime complaints with losses exceeding $12.5 billion
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Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams caused $2.9 billion in losses in 2023 per IC3
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Chainalysis reported $24.1 billion in crypto stolen via hacks in 2022
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FBI IC3 2023: Investment fraud losses hit $4.7 billion from 69,000 complaints
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Statista: Global cybercrime costs projected $10.5T annually by 2025
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Chainalysis 2024: $3.8B illicit crypto transaction volume in 2023
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FBI: Cryptocurrency investment scams topped $4B losses in 2023
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Verizon DBIR 2023: Financial sector had 20% of breaches
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Chainalysis: North Korea stole $1B in crypto in 2022 alone
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IC3 2023: Elder fraud losses $3.4B from 101K complaints
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FBI IC3 2023: Tech support scams caused $862M losses
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Chainalysis 2023: Scam profits $4.2B in crypto
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IC3: Romance scams $1.3B losses from 19K complaints 2023
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Statista: Cybercrime victims worldwide 4.35B in 2023
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FBI: Confidence fraud $3.9B losses 2023
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Chainalysis: Hacking revenue $1.7B in 2023 crypto
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IC3 2023: Non-payment fraud $645M losses
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Statista: US cybercrime complaints 880K in 2023
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Chainalysis: DeFi hacks $1.8B losses 2023
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FBI IC3: Real estate fraud $446M losses 2023
Interpretation
Financial Losses Interpretation
In the digital gold rush of 2023, thieves are having a banner year, having skillfully diversified their portfolios to pilfer over $10 billion from the pockets of the hopeful, the lonely, and the busy, proving that while the methods are high-tech, the art of the con is timeless.
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Phishing Attacks27 stats
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Phishing was the most reported cyber crime in 2023 with 298,878 complaints to IC3
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Verizon's 2023 DBIR found 49% of breaches involved social engineering
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APWG Q4 2023 Phishing Activity Trends reported 951,015 unique phishing sites
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Proofpoint's 2023 State of the Phish found 84% of orgs experienced phishing
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KnowBe4 2023 Phishing by Industry: Finance saw 1.8 clicks per user
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CrowdStrike 2024 Global Threat Report: Phishing up 558% in cloud envs
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Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023: 300M daily phishing emails blocked
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Verizon DBIR 2023: 74% of breaches involved human element
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APWG 2023: Phishing attacks up 50% to over 5M sites detected
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IBM 2023: Phishing most common initial attack vector in 16% of breaches
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Proofpoint: 96% of orgs faced phishing in 2023
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APWG Q1 2024: 1.12M phishing reports received
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Microsoft: 40% rise in phishing kits in 2023
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KnowBe4: Avg phish-prone percentage 33.5% globally in 2023
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APWG: Credential phishing up 174% in Q3 2023
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Proofpoint: Mobile phishing attacks up 328% in 2023
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Microsoft: 2.3T login attempts blocked, many phishing-related 2023
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Google: 100M phishing sites blocked daily via Safe Browsing 2023
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KnowBe4: Healthcare phish-prone 37.6% in 2023 tests
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APWG Q2 2023: 806K phishing sites detected
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Proofpoint: Voice phishing (vishing) reports doubled 2023
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CrowdStrike: 47% increase in cloud intrusions via phishing 2023
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Microsoft: 65B password attacks blocked quarterly 2023
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KnowBe4: Education phish-prone 36.4% 2023
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APWG: Business email compromise phishing 20% of attacks 2023
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Proofpoint: SMS phishing (smishing) up 47% 2023
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Google Transparency: 2.5B unsafe sites blocked 2023
Interpretation
Phishing Attacks Interpretation
Despite the trillion-dollar cybersecurity industry's best efforts to build higher digital walls, humanity remains the persistently gullible, click-happy front door that phishing attackers just keep finding wide open.
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Ransomware Incidents20 stats
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Ransomware complaints to IC3 rose to 2,825 in 2023 with $59.6 million reported losses
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Emsisoft reported over 2,000 ransomware victims in US healthcare in 2023
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Sophos 2023 State of Ransomware found 66% of orgs hit by ransomware
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Coveware Q4 2023 Ransomware Report: Avg ransom payment $1.74M
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CISA: 2023 reported 1,800+ ransomware attacks on critical infra
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Sophos: Ransomware recovery costs averaged $1.82M in 2023
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Emsisoft: 2023 ransomware hit 128 countries with 2,384 victims
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Coveware 2023: LockBit responsible for 25% of ransomware attacks
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Sophos: 59% of ransomware victims paid in 2023
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Emsisoft: US healthcare ransomware attacks doubled to 249 in 2023
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Sophos: Avg downtime from ransomware 24 days in 2023
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Coveware: Ransom demands averaged $2M in Q4 2023
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Emsisoft: BlackCat/ALPHV extorted $147M before shutdown 2023-24
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Sophos: 75% of orgs encrypt backups, down from prior year 2023
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Coveware: Avg negotiation time 6 days for ransomware 2023
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Emsisoft: 2023 saw 493 ransomware groups active
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Sophos: Manufacturing hit hardest by ransomware 32% 2023
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Coveware: CL0P exploited MOVEit for $100M+ 2023
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Emsisoft: Ransomware victims paid $1.1B total 2023 estimate
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Sophos: 23% of ransomware from initial access brokers 2023
Interpretation
Ransomware Incidents Interpretation
If you're still thinking of ransomware as a nuisance, the data suggests it's now a multi-billion-dollar industry with better operational metrics than most startups, and your data is its preferred currency.
Reference
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Gabrielle Fontaine. (2026, February 13). Cyber Crimes Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/cyber-crimes-statistics
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Gabrielle Fontaine. "Cyber Crimes Statistics." Gitnux, 13 Feb 2026, https://gitnux.org/cyber-crimes-statistics.
Chicago
Gabrielle Fontaine. 2026. "Cyber Crimes Statistics." Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/cyber-crimes-statistics.
Sources & references
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