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Ashley Madison users are now receiving blackmail demands in the post
It was clear after Ashley Madison was hacked, the effects would still be felt for months and years to come.Sure enough, five months after the breach, there are still new reports of blackmail coming in...
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Flinch is a new app that lets strangers challenge each other to staring contests
Flinch is a new iPhone app that brings the awkward childhood game, staring contests, to mobile devices. It launched last July and an updated version was released a few weeks ago.Reminisicent of...
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U.S. State Department employee arrested for allegedly blackmailing college...
A U.S. State Department employee is accused of sending threatening emails to college-aged women in the U.S. from his computer at the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities said.According to federal...
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The blackmail of Ashley Madison users has already begun
The blackmail of Ashley Madison users has already begun.On Tuesday, a huge trove of data stolen from the extramarital-affairs website's servers was leaked online.As well as confidential internal...
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Ashley Madison customers are handing over thousands of dollars in bitcoin to...
Millions of Ashley Madison customers had their personal information leaked in a hack of the site, and now blackmailers are making big money using the data.The Register reports that researchers have...
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This porn app blackmails users after secretly taking pictures of them
Security researchers have warned about a malicious porn app called Adult Player, which secretly takes photos of the person using it and then blackmails them with it.The Android app is actually a virus,...
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Norwegian police are warning their citizens against Russian intelligence...
Norwegian police are warning that an increasing number of Norwegian politicians and businessmen have been the targets of Russian intelligence "honey traps" involving sex and alcohol, The Local reports...
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Ashley Madison users are now receiving blackmail demands in the post
It was clear after Ashley Madison was hacked, the effects would still be felt for months and years to come.Sure enough, five months after the breach, there are still new reports of blackmail coming in...
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An Ashley Madison user received a terrifying blackmail letter
After Ashley Madison was hacked, it was clear that the effects would be felt for months and years to come.We've just had the latest glimpse of this via a terrifying ransom demand shared with Graham...
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It's time to make 'sextortion' illegal
"I might as well make u suffer the rest of ur life," said the text message sent to a 17-year-old girl from Wisconsin. "When jobs and colleges google your name, they're gonna see this shit bitch."The...
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Webcam 'sextortion' blackmail is on the rise and has been linked to 4...
At least four male suicides in the UK have been linked to "webcam blackmail"— a form of extortion where victims are tricked into performing sex acts — the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and National...
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'Kompromat': The Russian art of shaming adversaries has a long legacy
MOSCOW — Unverified reports that Russian intelligence gathered compromising information about US President-elect Donald Trump have stirred memories of the dark art of "kompromat," a Soviet-era form of...
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Hackers attempted to blackmail David Beckham for £1 million over leaked emails
LONDON — Hackers attempted to blackmail David Beckham for nearly £1 million over a cache of emails leaked to European press over the weekend, sources close to the former footballer told The Daily...
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Judge to rule Thursday on whether to let a criminal case proceed against...
A judge in St. Louis should rule Thursday whether a criminal case against Missouri Governor Eric Greitens should proceed or not.A woman he admitted he had an affair with is accusing him of blackmailing...
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Unsuspecting soldiers are being catfished by prisoners, then blackmailed with...
A recent investigation known as "Operation Surprise Party" found young soldiers have been catfished and blackmailed by prison inmates, according to an Army warrant obtained by the BBC.Prisoners would...
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Prison inmates running a sextortion ring scammed US military personnel out of...
South Carolina prison inmates, aided by civilians, scammed 442 service members from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps out of over $560,000.The scammers were targeted in a multi-year joint...
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A 19-year-old allegedly faked a kidnapping in order to blackmail his mother...
A 19-year-old from South Carolina allegedly faked his own kidnapping and attempted to blackmail his mom for a $130 ransom.According to Sumter County police, Emmanuel Franklin's mom, Velisa Ward,...
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A UK hacker has been jailed for 6 years for extorting more than $915,000 from...
A UK hacker has been jailed for extorting ransom payments from pornography site users.Zain Qaiser made more than $915,000, which he spent on luxury hotels, gambling, and prostitutes.The judge...
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'Hoover's revenge': Information the FBI once hoped could destroy Rev. Martin...
New reporting alleges that Martin Luther King witnessed and did not stop a rape, a claim is based on declassified FBI documents, but the bureau gathered that information to undermine King and his...
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A 22-year-old was convicted after trying to blackmail Apple for $100,000 of...
A 22-year-old would-be hacker from London has been sentenced after trying unsuccessfully to blackmail Apple out of $100,000.In 2017 Kerem Albayrak claimed he would publish the account details of 319...
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