In 2021, business email compromise (BEC) and email account compromise (EAC) were the two types of cyber crime that caused victims the highest amount of losses. These attacks accounted for nearly 2.4 billion U.S. dollars in reported victim losses. A further 1.4 billion U.S. dollars were reported in losses for investment victims.
Cyber crime with the highest amount of victim losses in 2021, by type (in million U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Cybercrime in Canada
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Number of police-reported cyber crimes in Canada 2014-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of police-reported cyber crimes in Canada 2014-2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of affected users in data breaches in selected markets 2021
- Basic Statistic Most commonly reported types of cyber crime worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Cyber crime incidents worldwide 2020-2021, by industry and organization size
- Basic Statistic Data breaches worldwide 2020-2021, by target industry and organiyation size
- Basic Statistic Global malware types detected most frequently 2020-2021
Cybercime and data breaches
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- Basic Statistic IC3: total damage caused by reported cyber crime 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Frequency of successful cyber attacks against businesses worldwide 2021
- Basic Statistic Leading cyber crime victim loss categories 2021
- Basic Statistic Share of cyber attacks in global industries worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of data sets affected data breaches in Q3 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Global number of breached data sets 2020-2022
- Basic Statistic Number of breached data points in Canada Q1 2020-Q3 2022
- Premium Statistic Average total cost per data breach worldwide 2022, by country or region
Impact on businesses
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- Premium Statistic Canada: share of companies that experienced data breaches 2022
- Basic Statistic Forecasted YOY changes in reportable incidents in Canada 2022, by type
- Premium Statistic Maturity level of Canadian and global organizations in data trust practices 2021
- Basic Statistic Forecasted YOY changes in reportable incidents in Canada 2022, by threat vector
- Basic Statistic Awareness level of of cyber risks in Canadian organizations 2021, by type
- Basic Statistic Canada: organizations taking actions toward third-party risk management 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Organizations hit by ransomware attacks 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Canada: main concerns of small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) leaders 2022
Online data protection
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- Basic Statistic Canada: practices of privacy policy in companies 2022
- Basic Statistic Canada: safety from cyber bullying on social media 2022, by gender
- Premium Statistic Canada: share of users providing financial information only on safe websites 2022
- Premium Statistic Canada: changing passwords on sites requiring financial information 2022
- Premium Statistic Canada: personal information available online to third parties 2022
- Premium Statistic Canada: ways of securing passwords connected to financial information 2022
- Premium Statistic Canada: importance of customer data protection 2022
- Basic Statistic Canada: companies usage of customer information 2022
IT perspective and prevention
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- Premium Statistic Canada: actions toward cyber simplification in organizations 2021, by action type
- Premium Statistic Canada: companies with privacy risk assessment policies 2022
- Premium Statistic Main security skills worldwide 2022
- Basic Statistic Effectiveness of cybersecurity-related actions in global organizations 2022
- Basic Statistic Countries with most cyber-resilient enterprises 2021
- Basic Statistic Cyber security concerns of cyber leaders worldwide 2021
- Premium Statistic Technologies used to enable secure work from home worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Global companies at risk for cyber attacks 2021-2022, by country
Further related statistics
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- Number of cyber crime consultations in Japan 2012-2018
- Number of cyber crime consultations Japan 2018, by type
- Share of phishing cyber attacks in Japan 2013-2018, by type
- Share of compressed files attached to spear phishing e-mails in Japan 2020, by format
- Costs of external consequences of cyber attacks on businesses 2018
- Share of users who accessed sensitive content on the internet in Hungary 2018, by age
- Sensitive content types encountered on social media in Hungary 2018
- Deployment of data analytics to fight fraud in organizations worldwide 2019
- Data sources for anti-fraud data analytics initiatives in global organizations 2019
- Software deployed to fight fraud in organizations worldwide 2019
- Number of malicious command and control servers Singapore 2019-2021
- Concerns about illegal access of personal information on the internet in Hungary 2019
- Number of cases closed regarding cyber obscenity Japan 2015-2021
- Organizations most impersonated in phishing attacks 2018
- Most common subject lines in BEC e-mails worldwide Q1 2019
- Share of identity theft complaints, by nature of crime U.S. 2021
- Reported cases of identity theft, by age of victims U.S. 2021
- U.S. SME ransomware risks though employee behavior 2016
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- Number of cyber crime consultations in Japan 2012-2018
- Number of cyber crime consultations Japan 2018, by type
- Share of phishing cyber attacks in Japan 2013-2018, by type
- Share of compressed files attached to spear phishing e-mails in Japan 2020, by format
- Costs of external consequences of cyber attacks on businesses 2018
- Share of users who accessed sensitive content on the internet in Hungary 2018, by age
- Sensitive content types encountered on social media in Hungary 2018
- Deployment of data analytics to fight fraud in organizations worldwide 2019
- Data sources for anti-fraud data analytics initiatives in global organizations 2019
- Software deployed to fight fraud in organizations worldwide 2019
- Number of malicious command and control servers Singapore 2019-2021
- Concerns about illegal access of personal information on the internet in Hungary 2019
- Number of cases closed regarding cyber obscenity Japan 2015-2021
- Organizations most impersonated in phishing attacks 2018
- Most common subject lines in BEC e-mails worldwide Q1 2019
- Share of identity theft complaints, by nature of crime U.S. 2021
- Reported cases of identity theft, by age of victims U.S. 2021
- U.S. SME ransomware risks though employee behavior 2016
IC3. (March 16, 2022). Cyber crime with the highest amount of victim losses in 2021, by type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/234987/victim-loss-cyber-crime-type/
IC3. "Cyber crime with the highest amount of victim losses in 2021, by type (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234987/victim-loss-cyber-crime-type/
IC3. (2022). Cyber crime with the highest amount of victim losses in 2021, by type (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/234987/victim-loss-cyber-crime-type/
IC3. "Cyber Crime with The Highest Amount of Victim Losses in 2021, by Type (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/234987/victim-loss-cyber-crime-type/
IC3, Cyber crime with the highest amount of victim losses in 2021, by type (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/234987/victim-loss-cyber-crime-type/ (last visited February 06, 2023)
Cyber crime with the highest amount of victim losses in 2021, by type (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], IC3, March 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/234987/victim-loss-cyber-crime-type/