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Nigeria ranked fifth with an overall Global Cybercrime Index score of 21.28.
Researchers compiled the results after surveying about 100 cybercrime experts from around the world.
Each of the experts was asked to identify countries that contributed significantly to the sources of the five main types of cybercrime, including:
- Technical products/services (such as malware)
- Attacks and extortions
- Data/identity theft (such as hacking or phishing)
- Scams (such as business email breach or online auction fraud)
- Collection/money laundering (such as credit card fraud)
The five main countries classified as global hotbeds of cybercrime
The new ranking called the World Cybercrime Index (WCI) showed that Russia topped the list as the biggest cybercrime threat, followed by Ukraine, China, the United States and Nigeria.
1. Russia
Russia led with a WCI score of 58.39 and 81.34 attacks recorded. The survey noted that technically, Russian cybercriminals are considered the best and most professional, and their crimes have the greatest impact. Russia scored 8.73 in technical skills.
2. Ukraine
Ukraine came in second position with a WCI score of 36.44, total attack score of 50.76, and technical skill of 8.24, also showing a high technical skill set among its hackers.
3.China
China scored 27.86 on WCI, a total attack score of 24.24, and its hackers scored 7.81 on technical skills.
4. United States
The United States ranked fourth with a score of 25.01 for WCI, and had a total attack score of 17.68 and a technical score of 7.21.
5.Nigeria
Nigeria came fifth with an overall WCI score of 21.28, total attack score of 8.41 and technical skill of 5.80.
Nigeria also topped the list of countries with the highest number of scams. The country had 70 scam nominations, a WCI of 52.17, while its closest rival, the United States, had 27 scam nominations and a WCI score of 22.72.
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