Nevada takes No. 1 spot for cybercrime risk |
A recent study from Windows Report, which analyzed data from the FBI's 2022 Internet Crime Report, found that Nevada is the leading U.S. state for cybercrime. Last year there were 9,090 cybercrime victims in the state, which is around 300 victims per 100,000 people when accounted for population numbers. Total victim losses in 2022 amounted to $127,315,394, a loss of $14,006 per victim on average. In terms of absolute numbers, California was the highest, with a total of 80,766 victims, though the per-100,000 proportion was 204, while Alabama was where individual victims lost the most to cybercrime on average. With a total of $247,930,058 lost to 4,893 victims, each cybercrime victim lost roughly $50,670 on average in 2022.