FBI Reported Record Business Cybercrime Losses in 2025
Business email compromise campaigns impacted nearly 25,000 victims nationwide in 2025.
Updated on Sept. 28, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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The FBI recorded state-level business cybercrime losses throughout 2025 that varied significantly by region, with losses ranging from $5.5 million in Wyoming to $64.2 million in Virginia.
Why it matters
Business email compromise remains a primary national cyber threat, causing over $3 billion in losses and highlighting systemic vulnerabilities across interconnected supply chains.
Reported incident volumes varied by state, with 962 incidents in Virginia and 792 in Colorado, contrasted against 95 in Wyoming and 589 in Tennessee.
The players
FBI
The primary federal law enforcement agency responsible for investigating cyber threats and maintaining national crime reporting databases.
The details
Business email compromise involves attackers impersonating trusted partners or executives to trick employees into transferring funds or revealing sensitive information. These cyberattacks disrupt business operations by exploiting trust relationships, often spreading harm through shared digital supply chains and business partners.
Timeline
The FBI recorded these business cybercrime statistics throughout 2025.
The Tech Race
This report updates the FBI's established tracking of financial losses attributed to specific digital fraud categories. It follows the persistent upward trajectory of business email compromise relative to other tracked digital criminal activities.
Businesses face increasing pressure to harden communication protocols against impersonation attacks that target corporate finance departments. These trends signal a higher likelihood of operational disruption for organizations heavily reliant on digital supply chains.
The takeaway
The sustained volume of business email compromise indicates that human-centric authentication remains the weakest link in corporate security. Readers should monitor future FBI incident reports to track whether emerging zero-trust verification standards correlate with reduced losses in subsequent cycles.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Ijr.
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