{"id":23375,"date":"2022-12-14T13:27:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/fbi-stats-reveal-nevada-north-dakota-top-states-for-cybercrime\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:27:56","slug":"fbi-stats-reveal-nevada-north-dakota-top-states-for-cybercrime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/14\/fbi-stats-reveal-nevada-north-dakota-top-states-for-cybercrime\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Stats Reveal Nevada, North Dakota Top States For Cybercrime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new analysis of data from the FBI\u2019s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reveals that Nevada has more cybercrime victims than any state in the union by a large margin \u2014 801 per 100,000 internet users, four times higher than the national average.<\/p>\n

The analysis performed by Surfshark<\/a>, a privacy protection toolset developer based in Lithuania, noted that the most common cybercrime committed in Nevada is identity theft, which could be because it\u2019s home to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Nevada, it\u2019s easy to speculate that identity thieves are targeting tourists there who gamble,\u201d Mike Parkin, a senior technical engineer at Vulcan Cyber<\/a>, a provider of SaaS for enterprise cyber risk remediation in Tel Aviv, Israel, told TechNewsWorld.<\/p>\n

In 2021, the Surfshark analysts noted, there were 9,054 victims of identity theft in Nevada or 49% of all cybercrime victims.<\/p>\n

Other states with high cybercrime victim rates per 100,000 internet users included Iowa (342), Alaska (322), and Florida (293).<\/p>\n

\u201cThese statistics from the FBI\u2019s IC3 division help paint the overall picture of identity crimes reported each year in the U.S.,\u201d explained James E. Lee, chief operating officer with the Identity Theft Resource Center<\/a> (ITRC) in San Diego.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you add the more than 1.4 million reports of identity theft filed with the FTC in 2021, the 15,000 ID crime victims who contacted the ITRC in 2021, and the 190 million victims of data compromises tracked by the ITRC in 2021, you begin to see the enormity of the problem represented by identity crimes,\u201d Lee told TechNewsWorld.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line is this: There are more identity crimes reported each year in the U.S. than all other crimes combined except for larceny,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd the volume and velocity of identity crimes continue to rise along with the financial impact of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nevada is also a hotbed for cybercriminals, with 150 perpetrators of cybercrime per 100,000 internet users, nearly three times the national average, according to the analysts.<\/p>\n

They explained that while threat actors outside of the United States commit many cybercrimes, the FBI has identified a significant number of cybercriminals within U.S. borders. In most cases, the FBI can identify the specific state a cybercriminal is located, allowing them to see which states have the most perpetrators of cybercrime per capita.<\/p>\n

Only two other states reached triple digits in perps per 100,000 internet users: Delaware (120) and Maryland (113).<\/p>\n