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Internet Crime Complaint Center

FBI-run clearinghouse where the public reports suspected internet crimes, which compiles data on fraud, ransomware, and other cyber threats.

Known aliases

  • FBI IC3
  • FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center
  • IC3

Current stories

investOne report1 publisher

Gemini allegedly vouched for Tronify.rent months after a threat feed flagged it as phishing

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.

Publishers:crypto.news

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence40
productConfirmed3 publishers

ShinyHunters reportedly pivoted from a recruiting server to FBI agent records

The FBI says it is investigating unauthorized activity affecting FBIjobs.gov. 404 Media reports the intruders came in through an Oracle PeopleSoft applicant server and then reached a government cloud holding agent data.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 19%
Operator
Operator 69%
Investor
Investor 12%

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+35
Incentives75
Confidence60
productOne report1 publisher

The FBI counted $893 million in AI-linked fraud losses in its first year of tracking them

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.

Publishers:fastcompany.com

Reality

Evidence48
Adoption62
Hype gap+12
Incentives58
Confidence55
scienceOne report1 publisher

FBI logged 22,000 AI-linked fraud complaints in its first year of counting them

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.

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption58
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
Confidence45
securityOne report1 publisher

Keepnet ships a one-tap smishing reporter into an enterprise pipeline built only for email

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.

Reality

Evidence44
Adoption9
Hype gap+37
Incentives86
Confidence38
securityOne report1 publisher

Commission pay moved ransomware target selection from strategists to volume operators

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.

Publishers:scworld.com

Reality

Evidence32
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+24
Incentives52
Confidence44
securityOne report1 publisher

FBI counts 30-plus ransomware disruptions this year, and the target is the plumbing

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.

Publishers:cyberscoop.com

Reality

Evidence34
Adoption52
Hype gap+24
Incentives71
Confidence45