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The Business Email Fraud Index
Opstream analysed FBI cybercrime data to reveal that business email compromise caused more than seven times the losses of ransomware, data breaches and IP theft combined in 2025. The state-by-state breakdown turned a dry security issue into a useful, news-friendly picture of where businesses were most exposed.
Why it worked: It reframed the ransomware narrative with fresh FBI numbers and a state-by-state leaderboard, giving reporters a counterintuitive headline and local angles.
The lesson: Consider mining a public dataset to overturn a dominant belief, then localize it into rankings so every outlet gets a hometown hook.
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How this story spread across the media
| Publication | Headline | Date |
|---|---|---|
| insurancebusinessmag.com | Business email fraud drives bulk of US cybercrime losses: Analysis | Insurance Business | Tuesday 22nd September, 2026 |