In 2023, the most common type of cyber crime reported to the United States internet Crime Complaint Center was phishing and spoofing, affecting approximately 298 thousand individuals. In addition, over 55 thousand cases of personal data breaches cases were reported to the IC3 during that year. Dynamic of phishing attacks Over the past few years, phishing attacks have increased significantly. In 2023, almost 300 thousand individuals fell victim to such attacks. The highest number of phishing scam victims since 2018 was recorded in 2021, approximately 324 thousand.Phishing attacks can take many shapes. Bulk phishing, smishing, and business e-mail compromise (BEC) are the most common types. In 2023, 76 percent of the surveyed worldwide organizations reported encountering bulk phishing attacks, while roughly three in four were targeted by smishing scams. Impact of phishing attacks Among the most targeted industries by cybercriminals are healthcare, financial, manufacturing, and education institutions. An observation carried out in the first quarter of 2023 found that social media was most likely to encounter phishing attacks. According to the reports, almost a quarter of them stated being targeted by a phishing scam in the measured period. Very often, phishing e-mails contain a crucial risk for the organization. Almost three in ten worldwide organizations that have experienced phishing attacks suffered from a customer or a client data breach as a consequence. Phishing scams that delivered ransomware infections were also common for the surveyed organizations.

In 2022, California ranked first by the amount of monetary losses through cybercrime. Overall, the state had over two billion U.S. dollars of reported losses. Texas was the second by cybercrime losses, reporting around one billion U.S. dollars of losses, while Florida followed with 874 million U.S. dollars.

This dataset is about what C3 conducts transborder criminal investigations of internet-related crimes within the HSI portfolio of immigration and customs authorities. C3 is responsible for identifying and targeting cybercrime activities over which HSI has jurisdiction

The dataset contains year-, state- and city-wise historically compiled data on the number of cyber crimes committed in violation of Information Technology Act (IT Act) in Indian cities with over one million population. The different types of cyber crimes covered in the dataset include Tampering Computer Source documents, Cyber Terrorism, Publication or transmission of obscene or sexually explicit act in electronic form, Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information, Unauthorized access or attempt to access to protected computer system, Abetment to Commit Offences, Publication or Transmission of Obscene or Sexually Explicit Act, etc. in Electronic Form, Breach of Confidentiality or Privacy and Disclosure of Information in Breach of Lawful Contract , Hacking, Obscene Publication or Transmission in Electronic Form, Failure in Obtaining Licence or Digital Signature by misrepresentation or suppression of fact, Publishing false digital Signature Certificate, Fraud Digital Signature, Breach of confidentiality or privacy, other computer related offences such as Ransomware, Offences other than Ransomware, Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device, Identity Theft, Cheating by personation by using computer resource, Violation of Privacy, Failure Of compliance or orders of certifying Authority, To assist to decoy or the information in interception by Government Agency, Hacking crimes such as Loss or damage to computer resource or utility, Publication or transmission of Obscene or Sexually Explicit Act in Electronic Form involving Children and Adults, etc.

Between November 2022 and October 2023, over 30 thousand cybercrime incidents were detected worldwide. Of this total, over 900 cases involved small companies. The organizations in the public administration sector were the most affected among the industries researched, with reported 12,217 cybercrime cases. The finance sector ranked second, while the professional sector followed, with over 2,500 incidents in each industry.

India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Cases Registered data was reported at 33,798.000 Unit in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 25,384.000 Unit for 2021. India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Cases Registered data is updated yearly, averaging 738.000 Unit from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2022, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33,798.000 Unit in 2022 and a record low of 176.000 Unit in 2008. India Cyber Crime: IPC Section: Number of Cases Registered data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Crime Records Bureau. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Crime – Table IN.CRA001: Crime Statistics.

In 2018, the National Gendarmerie in France had reported around 68 thousand cybercrimes. From these, the source has provided an in depth ananlysis of the different types of cybercrimes and which ones were the most common in France in 2018. That year, most of the cybercrimes (75 percent) consisted of fraud. Identity theft was the second most common crime, yet around 70 percent less occuring than fraud.

According to a survey conducted in Israel in 2023, the most common cybercrime incidents reported by respondents were information theft and/or unauthorized distribution of information, at 42.8 percent. Identity theft was the second most frequent cybercrime, at 39.5 percent. Other common cybercrime incidents included computer offenses and extortion.

The number of cleared cybercrime cases in Japan amounted to about 12.48 thousand in 2023. It consistently increased in recent years.

Most common type of cleared cybercrimes are frauds

A breakdown of cleared cybercrime cases shows that fraud was the most common type of cleared cybercrime, followed by violations of the law against child pornography. The latter continues to be a problem despite a revision of the legislation in 2014 following international concern about the sexual exploitation of children in Japan. Crimes involving financial damages repeatedly made the headlines in Japanese news outlets in recent years. The number of online banking frauds surged in 2023, which led to an increase in the amount of money lost through online banking frauds.

Improving Japan’s cybersecurity strategy

Preventing damages by cyberattacks has become more and more important as citizens and the economy increasingly rely on online networks and services. As Japan was elected host of the 2020 Summer Olympics in 2013 and the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (CSTI) introduced the vision of an increasingly interconnected “Society 5.0” in 2016, there was a strong motivation to improve the country’s cybersecurity strategy. Among other things, Japan enacted the Basic Act on Cybersecurity and established the Cybersecurity Strategic Headquarters in 2014. In 2022, a new bureau featuring a special investigative team dedicated to cybercrimes was established at the National Police Agency. The bureau is supposed to centralize cybercrime related tasks and features a special investigative team that handles threats such as attacks on local governments and critical infrastructure.

Police-reported cybercrime, by cyber-related violation (homicide, invitation to sexual touching, sexual exploitation, luring a child via a computer, voyeurism, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, extortion, criminal harassment, indecent/harassing communications, uttering threats, fraud, identity theft, identity fraud, mischief, fail to comply with order, indecent acts, child pornography, making or distribution of child pornography, public morals, breach of probation), Canada (selected police services), 2014 to 2023.

Annual data on the nature of fraud and computer misuse offences. Data for the year ending March 2021 and March 2022 are from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW).

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In 2022, around four in ten internet users worldwide have ever experienced cybercrime. Based on a survey conducted between November and December 2022, internet users in India were most likely to have fallen victim to cybercrime, as nearly 70 percent of respondents claimed to have ever experienced cybercrime. The United States ranked second, with almost half of the respondents, 49 percent, saying they had experienced internet crime.

The dataset contains year-, state- and city-wise historically compiled data on the number of crimes crimes cases pending at and disposed by police department in indian cities with over one million population. The different types of status of cyber crime court cases covered in the dataset include Cases Pending Investigation from Previous Year, Cases Reported during the year, Cases Reopened for Investigation, Cases Not Investigated Under 157_1_b CRPC, Cases Transferred to Other State or Agency, Cases Withdrawn by the Govt during Investigation, Cases Ended as FR Non Cognizable, Cases Ended as Final Report False, Cases Ended as Mistake of Fact or of law or Civil Dispute Cases True but Insufficient Evidence or Untraced or No Clue, Cases Abated during Investigation, Cases Charge Sheeted Out of cases From Previous Year, Cases Charge Sheeted Out of Cases during the year, Cases Charge Sheeted, Cases Quashed at Investigation Stage, Cases Stayed at Investigation Stage, Cases Pending Investigation at end of the year, Chargesheeting Rate, Pendency Percentage, No of cases withdrawn by the Government, Cases transferred to other Police Station or Magistrate, Cases Not Investigated U/S 157-1-b of CrPC, True but insufficient Evidence, False Final Report, Mistake of Fact, Non Cognizable, Cases in Which Chargesheets were Submitted, Cases Pending Investigation at the End of the Year, Charge Sheeting Rate, etc.

More than 2.8 thousand of the cybercrime cases cleared in Japan in 2023 were fraud cases. Fraud was the most common type of cleared cybercrime during that year, followed by violations of the law against child pornography.

Cybercrimes in Japan

The number of cleared cybercrime cases gradually increased throughout the latter half of the 2010s, which partly reflects an increasing attention on the issue within Japan. Preventing cybercrime damages and investigating offenders have become crucial tasks for the police in an environment in which citizens and the economy rely on the internet to an unprecedented degree. The number of online banking frauds surged in 2023, and the amount of money lost through online banking fraud increased accordingly during that year. Other crimes involving financial damages include a variety of offenses, such as violations of the copyright law and ransomware attacks.

Cybercrimes and the Japanese police

In April 2022, a new bureau featuring a special investigative team dedicated to cybercrimes was established at the National Police Agency. One of the tasks of the Cyber Affairs Bureau, which is supposed to centralize work that had previously been taken care of by different prefectural bureaus, is to analyze cyberattack methods. This also includes attacks originating in other countries, which previously were difficult to address. The National Cyber Unit is tasked with handling high-profile cases, such as attacks on local governments and critical infrastructure. News reports point out that the establishment of the Cyber Affairs Bureau led to improved information-gathering capabilities, which make it easier for Japan to participate in international joint investigations.

Between 2010 and 2023, the worldwide automotive industry saw many cyber-related challenges. The industry's most common outcome of cyber crime was service and business disruption, such as delays or halts in production, caused by a cyber attack, which occurred 42 percent of the time of a cyber incident. Data and privacy breach was the second-most common impact of cyber attacks, with 22 percent of the total effects. Fraud and Vehicle theft were other typical outcomes of cybercrime in the automotive industry.

The datasert contains year- and state-wise historiclally compiled data on the number of cyber crimes committed in violation of Indian Penal Code (IPC). The different types of cyber crimes covered in the dataset include Abetment of Suicide - Online, Cyber Stalking or Bullying of Women or Children, Data theft, Cheating, Forgery, Defamation or Morphing (IPC r/w Indecent Representation of Women Act), Fake Profile (IPC r/w SLL), Counterfeiting, Cyber Blackmailing or Threatening, Fake News on Social Media, Other Offences (r/w IT Act), Fabrication of False Evidence/Destruction of Electronic Records for, Evidence, Offences By or Against Public Servant, False Electronic Evidence, Destruction of Electronic Evidence, Crimes of Property or Mark such as Counterfeiting, Tampering, Currency or Stamps, Crimes of Fraud such as Crimes related to Credit or Debit Card, Any Time Machines (ATMs), Online Banking Fraud, OTP Frauds, Crimes of Criminal Breach of Trust or Fraud such as crimes of Credit or Debit card, Crimes of Counterfeiting of Currecy, Stamps and Tampering, etc.

This survey is part of a series of cross-sectional online polls. The series begins in 2019. Questions focus on three main areas, cyber offending, cyber victimization, and criminology. Demographic and other computer-use questions are also included.

Estimates from Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) on fraud and computer misuse. Also data from Home Office police recorded crime on the number of online offences recorded by the police and Action Fraud figures broken down by police force area.

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