Contact law enforcement if you suspect your organization is the victim of a phishing scam.

Please see the additional information below and steps users can take to avoid phishing scams. Users should exercise caution when receiving e-mails from related to Hurricane Matthew, including those that contain links and attachments or that request donations. In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, malicious actors are using the disaster to perpetrate phishing scams. The following information and resources are being shared by the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response to inform healthcare and public health sector partners about the potential for phishing scams following Hurricane Matthew. State Associations of County and City Health Officials (SACCHO) National Profile of Local Health DepartmentsĬouncil to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) (PhishMe) Clearly, this is a growing problem. The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Consumer Sentinel Network took in over 5.7 million reports in 2021 of which 49 percent were for fraud, and 25 percent for identity theft.Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) Social engineering scams stole over 5 billion worldwide from 2013-2016.According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Report 2021, a record 847,376 complaints of cyber-crime were reported to the FBI by the public, a 7 percent increase from 2020.The 2021 Cost of a Data Breach Report, a global study sponsored by IBM Security and conducted by the Ponemon Institute, stated the average data breach cost rose from $3.86 million in 2020 to $4.24 million in 2021.According to the Aite-Novarica Group, 47 percent of Americans experienced financial identity theft in 2020.

Consumer goods and services, and telecommunications ranked second and third, according to Accenture.

The insurance industry was the most frequent target of ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021, accounting for almost 25 percent of all ransomware attacks on Accenture’s clients.

in 2021, amount to a 68 percent increase over 2020.

The Identity Theft Research Center (ITRC) reports a record number of data compromises in the U.S.

Current phishing scams 2016