The UN on Tuesday urged countries to more proactive to prevent cybercrime, as millions of dollars are being lost to the menace, according to a report by a world body agency on Tuesday.

According to the report which estimated that the IT and telecom sector has suffered up to six trillion dollars in damage in 2021 so far.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) had urged countries to improve their cybersecurity to prevent unlawful intrusion into systems and the manipulation of data.

Measures to prevent cybercrime are best in the U.S., the ITU said after an evaluation of questionnaires.

It ranked Saudi Arabia third, Russia fifth, and Turkey 11th in its assessment of countries’ precautions.

Meanwhile, the number of people using the internet around the world has risen rapidly and is expected to double by 2030, when 90 percent of the world population will be online.

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Today, 3.5 billion people have access to the internet, a number expected to reach 7.5 billion by 2030, the ITU said.

Only 1 billion people were online in 2007, Now, 1 billion people have gone online for the first time since 2015.