The FBI Just Released Their 2025 Cybercrime Report

The Headline Numbers

• $12.5 billion in total losses
• 880,000 complaints filed
• Business email compromise: $2.9 billion
• Investment fraud: $4.5 billion
• Ransomware: $59 million (underreported)

Why This Matters for Small Teams

You might think: 'I'm too small to be targeted.' The data says otherwise. Business email compromise hits companies of all sizes. The median loss is $50,000—enough to kill a bootstrapped startup.

The Patterns

Email is still the primary attack vector. Despite years of security awareness training, phishing works.

Social engineering beats technical security. The biggest losses come from tricking people, not hacking systems.

What You Should Do

Verify large transfers. Any wire transfer over $10,000 should require voice verification.

Train your team. Security awareness isn't one-time. New attack patterns emerge constantly.

Have a response plan. Know who to call before you need them.