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FBI-run clearinghouse where the public reports suspected internet crimes, which compiles data on fraud, ransomware, and other cyber threats.
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Investigator JP says Tronify.rent took $69,651 from about 80 crypto users in September and that Google Gemini told one victim the site appeared safe. PhishDestroy had already scored the domain a critical 90/100 threat before that money went to the site.
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The GUARD Act, passed by the House on Tuesday, would let five existing Justice Department grant programs pay for the analysts, training and blockchain tracing software that local police say they lack in scam cases.
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The bureau's first year of counting AI-flagged complaints puts the losses on consumer money flows, where cheap voice cloning meets instant payment rails and any fix has to live inside the product itself.
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The bureau's 2025 total of roughly $893 million comes only from victims who filed and from cases where investigators could identify the AI, and two of its subtotals overlap enough to exceed it. It is a floor.
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Verizon's 2026 DBIR puts mobile phishing simulation click rates 40% above email. Most of those attempts never reach a security team, because the report button, the gateway and the triage queue all sit in the inbox.
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SC Media argues that an affiliate who earns only on collection ranks prospects by how fast a victim must restore, which puts a $50 million manufacturer ahead of a Fortune 500 name on the list.
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Cynthia Kaiser says infrastructure operations have pushed some crews off US targets entirely. The numbers are the bureau's own, but the cadence is something defenders can plan around.
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