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FBI’s 2022 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Annual Internet Crime Report
The 2022 Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Annual Internet Crime Report published today to the IC3 website https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2022_IC3Report.pdf.
The individual State accompanied reports are available on the link https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2022State/StateReport.aspx. Select ‘Texas’ at the top and the information for the selected state will auto populate. Click on the icon to the left of each table to see results in a bar graph.
In 2022, the IC3 received a total of 800,944 complaints, with losses exceeding $10.3 billion. Phishing schemes were the number one crime type with 300,497 complaints. For the first time, investment schemes reported the highest losses to victims, totaling over $3.3 billion.
In 2022, the IC3 received 88,262 complaints from victims over the age of 60 with losses in excess of $3.1 billion. As a result of the significant impact of scams targeting the elderly, IC3 is planning to release its third annual report focusing entirely on Elder Fraud within the next few weeks.
The 2022 threat overviews include:
- BEC complaints ranked the second largest dollar losses reported to IC3 at over $2.7 billion.
- Crypto-investment scams saw unprecedented increases in the number of victims and the dollar losses to investors. In 2022, investment scam losses were the most (common or dollar amount) scheme reported to the IC3. Investment fraud complaints increased from $1.45 billion in 2021 to $3.31 billion in 2022. Within those complaints, cryptocurrency investment fraud rose from $907 million in 2021 to $2.57 billion in 2022.
- Ransomware losses were more than $34.3 million. The IC3 received 870 complaints that indicated organizations belonging to a critical infrastructure sector were victims of a ransomware attack. Of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors, IC3 reporting indicated 14 sectors had at least 1 member that fell victim to a ransomware attack in 2022. The three top ransomware variants reported to the IC3 that victimized a member of a critical infrastructure sector were Lock bit, ALPHV/Blackcoats, and Hive.
- Illegal call centers defraud thousands of victims each year. Two categories of fraud reported to the IC3, Tech/Customer Support and Government Impersonation, are responsible for over $1 billion in losses to victims. Almost half the victims report to be over 60 (46%), and experience 69% of the losses (over $724 million).
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How Much Did Chris Rock Get Paid for His Netflix Special?
It’s no secret that Netflix has been betting big on stand-up comedy. But this weekend marked a landmark moment for the streaming platform with its first-ever live streamed event, which could mean big things for its future in comedy.
Chris Rock’s comedy special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage aired on Netflix Saturday evening, bookended with star-studded pre and post-show specials featuring the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, David Spade, Amy Schumer, and more. This event also doubled as the first time the veteran comedian addressed his infamous slap from Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars.
According to a 2016 report from The Hollywood Reporter, Rock’s Saturday special was part of a $40 million deal he made with Netflix for two stand-up specials. Though Netflix has not confirmed the amount Rock was paid per deal, THR wrote at the time, “The $20 million per special is believed to be more than such A-list comedians as Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld and Amy Schumer have commanded.”
Selective Outrage comes almost five years after Rock’s first Netflix comedy special, Chris Rock: Tamborine. The deal was reportedly made following a big bidding war and marked the end of Rock’s previous long-term partnership with HBO.
Considering the stacked roster of comedians who appeared in the pre and post-shows, that night of comedy probably racked up to be a lot more than just $20 million.
Rock spent the hour-long special talking about woke culture, his relationship with his daughters and what it’s like dating as a single father. But he did not hold back when it came to talking about Smith, who slapped him across the face on live television while he was presenting at last year’s Oscars.
The comedian placed much of the blame on Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.
“She hurt him WAY more than he hurt me … everybody called him a bitch. And who’s he hit? Me!” he joked in his special.
Live streaming events may be a valuable market for Netflix to break into, but it’s worth asking if Selective Outrage is actually worth the alleged $20 million price tag.
Source: decider