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Sextortion scammers are hijacking blogs – and victims are paying up

Sextortion scammers have started hijacking poorly managed or defunct blogs to expand an increasingly profitable business.

Here’s a story of super-sized digital blackmail aimed at one of the biggest cryptocoin exchanges out there.

Here’s a sextortion scam that puts your password right where your name would usually be, to rattle your cage even more than usual.

“I’m not a voyeur, I’m a technology enthusiast,” says the creator, who combined deepfake AI with a need for cash to get ka-CHING!

Sheesh! At this rate, extortionists are going to have to seek alternate employment.

A name-and-shame database is supposed to “save” husbands from wives who have appeared on porn sites.

Here’s a 30-second video you can show your friends and family if they freak out after receiving a scam email apparently from themselves…

Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast – listen now!

This scam is both intimidating and disturbing – the crooks are presenting themselves as corrupt CIA officials who will take a bribe.

Share this video with your less tech-savvy friends and family to set their minds at rest about sextortion.