The financial burden of cybercrime was analyzed by NoDepositRewards using data from the FBI crime report. According to the data, Nevada is losing the most money to cybercrime. Nevada faced a total loss of $6,286,710.72 per 100,000 residents. In Nevada, 7,198 citizens fell victim to cybercrime, with the average loss for each victim being a staggering $27,897.83.
The following states were ranked as follows:
- California had a total loss of $5,535,081.99 per 100,000 people. There were 51,319 victims of cybercrime in California, with the average loss for each person being $42,026.45.
- New Jersey had a total loss of $4,744,902.86 per 100,000 citizens. In New Jersey, 9,978 citizens fell victim to cybercrime with an average loss of $44,181.34.
- Arizona had a total loss of $4,360,097.73 per 100,000 residents. Overall, there were 13,186 victims of cybercrime in Arizona with an average loss for each person being $24,572.57.
- Alaska had a total loss of $4,329,852.50 per 100,000 people. With 1,267 victims, the average loss for each person was $25,063.46.
- Montana experienced a total loss of $4,021,115.77 per 100,000 citizens; as well as this, there were 1,316 victims in Montana, where each person experienced an average loss of $34,613.74.
- South Dakota had a total loss of $3,899,509.20 per 100,000 residents. The state witnessed 784 people fall victim to cybercrime, with the average loss for each person being $45,725.63.
- Utah had a total loss of $3,867,064.11 per 100,000 people. There were 4,163 victims of cybercrime in Utah – the average loss per person was $31,747.77.
- Following closely behind is Florida in ninth place, with a total loss of $3,864,683.83 per 100,000 citizens. In Florida, 32,638 citizens fell victim to cybercrime, with the average loss per person being $26,773.49.
- Last on the list is New York, with a total loss of $3,824,820.44 per 100,000 residents. There were 21,313 victims of cybercrime in the state, with an average loss of $35,122.41 for each person.
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