Victims Aren't Reporting Ransomware Attacks, FBI Report Concludes (bleepingcomputer.com)

Catalin Cimpanu, writing for BleepingComputer: Despite being an expanding threat, ransomware infections are rarely reported to law enforcement agencies, according to conclusions from the 2016 Internet Crime Report (PDF), released yesterday by the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). During 2016, FBI IC3 officials said they received only 2,673 complaints regarding ransomware incidents, which ranked ransomware as the 22nd most reported cyber-crime in the US, having caused just over $2.4 million in damages (ranked 25th). The numbers are ridiculously small compared to what happens in the real world, where ransomware is one of today's most prevalent cyber-threats, according to multiple reports from cyber-security companies.

Comments

What should I report?

[TechyImmigrant]

I get on the order of 50,000 attack probes every day. Should I be cataloging and report each one to the FBI?

What makes a ransomware attack a special snowflake attack that needs reporting compared to spyware or bot install attempts?

Re:Big surprise:

[ShanghaiBill]

Or they know that government agencies will provide zero help in solving their problem.