Verified reported cyber threat complaint context · United States / FBI IC3
Cyber threats reported to the FBI’s IC3 in 2025
Market context — not industry-specific evidence
In 2025, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 1,008,597 complaints of suspected internet crime, with total reported losses of USD 20.877 billion. The center also reports cyber threat complaint categories for 2025, including Data Breach at 39% and Ransomware at 36% of reported cyber threat complaints. These figures describe complaint reporting to a federal reporting centre; they are not the percentage of United States businesses identifying or experiencing attacks, are not limited to United States-only affected organisations, and are not industry-specific findings for the sector shown on this page.
Ransomware among reported cyber threat complaints
- Ransomware complaints
- 36%
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- Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025.
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- Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025
In 2025, IC3 received more than 3,600 complaints reporting ransomware, with reported losses exceeding USD 32 million.
Official IC3 reporting context only; these figures represent reports to FBI via IC3 and do not account for entities reporting directly to FBI field offices. They are not the percentage of United States businesses affected.
Reported cyber threat categories
- Data Breach
- 39%
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- Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025.
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- Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025
- Ransomware
- 36%
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- Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025.
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- Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025
- SIM Swap
- 10%
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- Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025.
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- Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025
- Malware
- 9%
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- Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025.
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- Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025
- Botnet
- 7%
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- Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025.
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- Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025
Source-published shares of cyber threat complaints received by IC3 in 2025. Values total 101% because of source rounding. These values are not United States-business incident rates or industry-specific threat findings.
Source: FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report
Scope: Official FBI IC3 cyber threat complaint context. IC3 receives reporting through its federal complaint system, including complaints outside the United States. The five source-published category percentages shown here total 101% because of source rounding. The ransomware complaint and reported-loss figures represent reports made to FBI via IC3 only and do not account for entities reporting directly to FBI field offices. These figures do not measure United States-business breach rates, industry-specific performance, compliance achievement, certification or security outcomes.
Methodology: Official FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center reporting-centre context. The admitted category values are source-published percentages of total cyber threat complaints received by IC3 in 2025. The source reports Botnet 7%, Data Breach 39%, Malware 9%, Ransomware 36% and SIM Swap 10%. The source-published percentages total 101% because of source rounding and must not be presented as a recalculated exact total. The report also states that IC3 received more than 3,600 ransomware complaints in 2025 with reported losses exceeding USD 32 million, and that those ransomware figures represent reporting to the FBI via IC3 only and do not include entities reporting directly to FBI field offices. IC3 also receives complaints outside the United States. The admitted indicators therefore describe FBI IC3 reported cyber threat complaint context only; they do not measure the percentage of United States businesses identifying or experiencing attacks, do not establish United States-only affected-organisation incidence, and do not provide industry-specific performance, compliance, certification or security-outcome evidence.
Accessible data table
| Metric | Value | Source | Scope | Reporting period |
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| Ransomware complaints | 36% percent | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |
| Data Breach | 39% percent | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |
| SIM Swap | 10% percent | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |
| Malware | 9% percent | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |
| Botnet | 7% percent | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |
| Total number of complaints of suspected internet crime received by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center in calendar year 2025. | 1,008,597 complaints | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |
| Total reported losses from internet crime complaints received by the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center in calendar year 2025, in USD billions. | 20.877 USD billion | FBI IC3, 2025 Annual Report | Cyber threat complaints received by FBI IC3 in 2025 | Cyber threat complaints reported to IC3 during calendar year 2025. |