FBI annual online crime report published

The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), a partnership between the FBI and two other US-based crime-fighting organizations, released its 2011 Internet Crime Report [pdf]. The report showed continued high levels of online crime, having received more than 300,000 complaints for the third year in a row, representing nearly $500m in losses. The reports accepts complaints from across the world, although over 90 percent came from within the United States. The most complained about state was California, although the state also had the lowest level average loss at $14.73. Interesting, the highest average loss came from the seat of power, Washington DC, with $1,119.70.