FALLEN A VICTIM OF CYBERCRIME? Where do you go!

So you have fallen victim to a cybercrime? Don’t know what to do next? Well, you are not alone. It is estimated that cybercrime has claimed 6.5 million victims.  So what is next, where do you go from here?  Reporting the crime is the first step, and we have gathered resources to help you navigate this by geographic region as well as finding resources to help you recover.

Ransomware attacks happen every 11 seconds, and the cost to small businesses are expected to rise to over 20 Trillion Dollars by 2027, with average small business having to pay $100,000 to get their data back.

Have a Strong Incident Response Plan can help recovery quickly and limit the amount f time and money spent. It designed correctly and tested regularly, it can mean the difference of your system being down for hours versus days or weeks. Two ICONIC Casino's in 2023 fell victims and it cost them over $100 Million dollars to recover.

USE Tools that can detect if someone is using your information to create websites in your name and posing as your company. Detect cybersquatting, typosquatting and phishing websites and forged accounts in social networks.

Use DMARC - Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting & Conformance - this is an email authentication standard that helps users protect their email domains from spookers, spanner and phishing attacks. This policy send email messages and communication in a way that authenticate and either passes or fails, providing a strong email authentication mechanism in place to help protect the brand.

Here are some resources to help get you started.

• Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) – https://www.ic3.gov/

• FBI – https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber

• Identity Theft – https://identitytheft.gov

• CISA Reporting a Cybercrime Complaint Tip Card – https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Reporting%2520a%2520Cybercrime%2520Complaint_0.pdf

• Cybercrime Support Network – https://cybercrimesupport.org/

• Federal Trade Commission – https://www.ftc.gov/scams

• Fight Cyber Crime – https://fightcybercrime.org/

• IACP – https://www.theiacp.org/projects/law-enforcement-based-victim-services-lev

• The Cyber Helpline – https://www.thecyberhelpline.com/guides-2