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The US military personnel have lost over $822 million in different kinds of internet crimes and scams between 2017 and 30 June 2021, according to the recent report published by AtlasVPN researchers.
The security experts analyzed data compiled by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) who is responsible for handling such cyber fraud complaints. During the analysis, researchers identified more than 836,374 reports of fraud, identity theft, and other consumer concerns were filed by military personnel between 2017 and 30 June 2021.
The FTC has divided US military members into three categories. The complaints from reservists and family members fall into the first category. The second group consists of complaints from active-duty personnel only, followed by the third group containing veteran and military retiree complaints.
The first category, military personnel families and reservists lost $484.4 million which accounted for 59% of all military monetary damages and submitted around 322,000 unique complaints. The second group of active-duty service members was the least affected with a $47.6 million loss since 2017, and this group submitted the least complaints.
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