Ransomware, tech-support scams or email fraud: Which cybercrimes cost victims most?

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Crooks have also used fake emails to demand personally identifiable information or wage and tax statements.Perhaps surprisingly, other internet menaces dont rank particularly highly in terms of the financial damage caused.However, it noted: "While the FBI does not support paying a ransom, there is an understanding that when businesses are faced with an inability to function, executives will evaluate all options to protect their shareholders, employees, and customers.The malicious use of the cellular communications devices is a "real and growing risk," a federal official told a US senator.A senior police officer says IoT manufacturers must be held to account when their products open doors to new ways of committing crimes.

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