The FBI Internet Crime Report for 2025 ranks Illinois fifth in the U.S. for cyber crime complaints and eighth in overall losses.
The report released on Monday said the state’s cyber crime losses totaled $535 million in 2025, up from $479 million in 2024.
Carrie Crot is a supervisory special agent in the FBI’s Chicago office.
Illinois had just under 33,000 cyber crime complaints last year.
Crot said the FBI’s Operation Winter Shield offers ten actions every American can take to avoid being victimized.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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