# Internet Crime Complaint Center **Domain:** Cybercrime / Reporting / United States Government **Doc Type:** Program Node **Maturity:** Canonical ## Definition The **Internet Crime Complaint Center**, or **IC3**, is the FBI's national intake system for complaints about internet-enabled crime and cybercrime. ## Operational Role IC3 aggregates complaints, identifies related activity and develops referrals for local, state, federal or international law-enforcement partners. Submission does not guarantee direct response or investigation. ## Corpus Context [[journal/2026-08-21 - Cyber Terrorism Is Terrorism|Cyber Terrorism Is Terrorism]] distinguishes a high-volume referral pipeline from a repair or incident-response capability for an individual victim. ## Sources / Provenance - [IC3 — official site](https://www.ic3.gov/) ## See Also [[wiki/Federal Bureau of Investigation|Federal Bureau of Investigation]], [[wiki/Incident Response|Incident Response]], [[wiki/Cybersecurity|Cybersecurity]]