LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The FBI says there were nearly 1,900 instances of
internet crime in Arkansas for 2016, from nonpayment scams to cyberattacks on
state agencies.The FBI says Arkansas’ attacks are a small percentage of the nearly 300,000
cyberattacks tracked nationwide in 2016. But the FBI warns that the state is
seeing more complex attacks, including cyberattacks from overseas.
internet crime in Arkansas for 2016, from nonpayment scams to cyberattacks on
state agencies.The FBI says Arkansas’ attacks are a small percentage of the nearly 300,000
cyberattacks tracked nationwide in 2016. But the FBI warns that the state is
seeing more complex attacks, including cyberattacks from overseas.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that those complex attacks show a
global trend in evolving techniques of infiltrating government, business and
personal computer systems.
The most common internet crimes reported in 2016 were nonpayment or
non-delivery scams, when a product or service isn’t compensated or never
received.
According to the FBI, more than $1.3 billion was lost in 2016 through
cyberattacks in the U.S., which is the highest total since 2000.
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