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title: 2018 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment
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# [2018 Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/2018-cyber-organized-crime)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Thu | Nov 8, 2018 | 12:47 PM Z

Europe's crime fighting group, Europol, just published its *2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment* report, and it is always worth at least a quick look.

### **Top 2018 cyber threats employed by organized crime**

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this summary from the report is worth several thousand:

[MORE: Read the summary of the [Europol report on cybercrime](https://www.europol.europa.eu/internet-organised-crime-threat-assessment-2018), and access the complete report from the right side of that page.]

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