With so much talk about the conficker worm and how to protect your computer.

The worm may cause a ton of problems, or none at all.

Still, it makes me wonder about cyber crime in general. Just how bad it it?

This report hit my inbox this week. It's the latest stats the FBI has compiled about cyber crime. You might notice that in 2004, Americans reported losing $68 million to internet crimes. Last year, FBI is reporting more than $264 million in losses.

A huge increase in just four years.

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