The FBI's 2025 complaint numbers
" -> "FBI's klagetal for 2025
" or "FBI's 2025-klagetal". Let's use "FBI's klagetal for 2025". Then: "The IC3 recorded 1,008,597 total complaints last year. Of those, 22,364 were flagged as AI-related, carrying $893.346 million in reported losses. The crypto slice is the heaviest — 181,565 complaints and $11.366 billion gone, much of it tied to scams that used AI somewhere in the chain.
" Translation: "IC3 registrerede 1.008.597 klager i alt sidste år. Af dem blev 22.364 markeret som AI-relaterede med rapporterede tab på 893,346 millioner dollars. Kryptodelen er den tungeste — 181.565 klager og 11,366 milliarder dollars tabt, meget af det knyttet til svindel, der brugte AI et sted i kæden.
" Note: We use periods for thousands and commas for decimals. So 1.008.597, 22.364, 893,346, 11,366. Next: "The profitability gap is the headline. AI-enabled scams netting 4.5 times more per incident than traditional ones isn't a marginal edge — it's a structural shift in how fraud operates. The tools have gotten cheap enough that the barrier to entry is nearly gone.
" Translation: "Profitabilitetsgabet er overskriften. AI-drevne svindelnumre, der indbringer 4,5 gange mere pr. hændelse end traditionelle, er ikke en marginal fordel — det er et strukturelt skift i, hvordan svindel fungerer. Værktøjerne er blevet billige nok til, at adgangsbarrieren næsten er væk.
" Next: "Phishing-as-a-service is the engine
" -> "Phishing-som-en-tjeneste er motoren
" (or "Phishing-as-a-service" might be kept as is? But we can translate to "Phishing-som-en-tjeneste" but it's a term. We'll use "Phishing-som-en-tjeneste" but maybe keep the English term in parentheses? Better to translate: "Phishing-as-a-service er motoren" but it's an English phrase. In Danish tech context, they often use the English term. I'll use "Phishing-as-a-service er motoren" but to be consistent, we can translate: "Phishing-som-en-tjeneste er motoren". I'll go with "Phishing-som-en-tjeneste er motoren". Then: "Barracuda's analysis of email traffic found one in three messages was malicious or unwanted. Nearly half of all malicious email — 48% — was phishing. And 90% of high-volume phishing campaigns leaned on phishing-as-a-service kits.
" Translation: "Barracudas analyse af e-mailtrafik fandt, at hver tredje besked var ondsindet eller uønsket. Næsten halvdelen af al ondsindet e-mail — 48% — var phishing. Og 90% af højvolumen-phishingkampagner brugte phishing-som-en-tjeneste-kits.
" Note: "phishing-as-a-service kits" -> "phishing-som-en-tjeneste-kits" or "PhaaS-kits" but we'll keep it clear. Next: "The pricing makes the math obvious. Kits run roughly $20 to $50 per tier. That's a low bar for entry, and the payoff is outsized. You don't need to be a skilled operator anymore — you just need to rent the tooling. The same AI that helps legitimate businesses write better emails is helping scammers write more convincing ones.
" Translation: "Prisen gør regnestykket indlysende. Kits koster cirka 20 til 50 dollars pr. niveau. Det er en lav adgangsbarriere, og afkastet er uforholdsmæssigt stort. Du behøver ikke længere være en dygtig operatør — du skal bare leje værktøjet. Den samme AI, der hjælper legitime virksomheder med at skrive bedre e-mails, hjælper svindlere med at skrive mere overbevisende.
" Next: "What Elliptic's Delphi study maps
" -> "Hvad Elliptics Delphi-studie kortlægger
" (or "Hvad Elliptics Delphi-studie viser" but "maps" -> "kortlægger"). Then: "Elliptic's Delphi study catalogs 16 AI-enabled crypto-crime trends. The research tracks how AI is being used across the fraud pipeline, from generating convincing phishing lures to automating wallet-drainer deployment. It's a field guide for defenders as much as a warning for users.
" Translation: "Elliptics Delphi-studie katalogiserer 16 AI-drevne krypto-kriminalitetstendenser. Forskningen sporer, hvordan AI bruges i svindel-pipelinen, fra at generere overbevisende phishing-lokkemad til at automatisere udrulning af wallet-drainere. Det er en feltguide for forsvarere såvel som en advarsel til brugere.
" Next: "The study doesn't just list the threats — it maps how they connect. A single campaign can chain together AI-generated lures, automated wallet draining, and laundering through crypto mixers. Each step is cheap, and the whole pipeline runs faster than it did a year ago.
" Translation: "Studiet lister ikke blot truslerne — det kortlægger, hvordan de hænger sammen. En enkelt kamp
