Cyber Crime

The Attorney General's Office is the host agency for the State's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, comprised of nearly 90 law enforcement agencies and 145 law enforcement personnel from across the state to address threats to Mississippi's children. Its operational capacities include on-site technical assistance for law enforcement across the state, forensic examination and analysis of digital evidence, and expert testimony in criminal proceedings. The Task Force also serves as a central training entity, establishing investigative standards and best practices in ICAC-related investigations. The ICAC Task Force coordinates proactively and reactively with state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies to identify child predators, conduct investigations, execute search warrants, and assist in criminal prosecutions.

If you have information about a child being sexually exploited online, please call 1-800-THE-LOST to report it. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) operates this hotline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and all tips are forwarded to the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office for investigation. Reports can also be submitted online at www.cybertipline.org.

If you know of a minor who has reason to fear that sexually explicit images of them exist online, please visit www.takeitdown.ncmec.org. This free service, operated by NCMEC, can help remove or stop the online sharing of sexually explicit imagery of children.

Sextortion has become a serious online threat affecting both children and adults. Click here to learn more about what sextortion is, how to protect yourself from becoming a victim, and what steps to take if it occurs.

The Attorney General’s Office has created additional materials to help parents, teachers, and students navigate the internet safely. NCMEC offers free resources for parents, teachers, and students, as well, through Netsmartz.

The Mississippi Sex Offender Registry is a public website, run by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, and includes the registered addresses for offenders convicted of certain crimes.

Attorney General Fitch stood up the Mississippi Cyber Fraud Task Force (MS CFTF) as a partnership with the U.S. Secret Service in 2021, making it one of more than 40 domestic and international Cyber Fraud Task Force locations.  The mission of the MS CFTF, which is comprised of 50 local, state, and federal partners, is to prevent, detect, and mitigate complex cyber-enabled crimes, with the goal of arresting and convicting the most dangerous perpetrators.  In 2024, the Task Force recovered more than $2.5 million for Mississippians.

By partnering with the MS CFTF, representatives from partner agencies may be nominated by the U.S. Secret Service to attend training courses through the National Computer Forensics Institute (NCFI) in Hoover, Alabama. The NCFI offers innovative and state-of-the-art training in cyber and electronic crime forensics, educating attendees in the continually evolving cyber and electronic crime related threats and training and equipping them with the tools necessary to combat those crimes. Training classes include Mobile Device Examiner, Drone Analysis and Forensics, Digital Evidence Investigations, Social Networking Investigations, Network Intrusion Response Program, Skimmer Forensics Course, Digital Video Recorders, Vehicle Forensics Course, and Basic Computer Evidence Recovery Training. A full list of course descriptions and equipment can be found at www.ncfi.usss.gov.

In November 2025, the Cyber Fraud Task Force conducted a statewide awareness campaign – Operation S.A.F.E. – to help businesses and consumers identify and report credit card skimmers that steal personal information. Learn more about how you can protect your credit card information – or that of your customers – here.