Sextortion

News

The Vile Sextortion and Torture Ring Where Kids Target Kids

02.20.24

By Mack Lamoureux
News

Police Arrest Alleged Leader of Horrific Child Sextortion Ring

12.19.23

By Mack Lamoureux
Tech

Alleged SIM Swapper Ransomed Instagram Influencer for Dates, Striptease Video

02.13.23

By Joseph Cox
News

He Was Looking for a Hookup on Grindr. He Walked Into a Sextortion Gang.

07.27.22

By Rimal Farrukh
News

Search For Missing Sisters Leads to a DJ, Drugs and Viral Sexual Assault Videos

02.02.22

By Rimal Farrukh
My Facebook “Friend” Made a Sex Video of Me, and Then Blackmailed Me

09.16.21

By Diwash Gahatraj
They Follow You on Instagram, Then Use Your Face To Make Deepfake Porn in This Sex Extortion Scam

09.07.21

By Shamani Joshi
Tech

Instagram Unmasks High Profile ‘OG’ Account Stealers, Threatens to Sue

02.04.21

By Joseph Cox
Tech

Privacy-Focused OS Wants to Know How Facebook and the FBI Hacked it

06.23.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Facebook Helped the FBI Hack a Child Predator

06.10.20

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
A Lot of Sextortion Scam Emails Are Being Sent From India

04.27.20

By Satviki Sanjay
Entertainment

A Handy Guide for Not Getting Blackmailed Over Your Nudes

11.08.18

By Mica Lemiski

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