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Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn (arstechnica.com)

submitted 4 days ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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[–] black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago

Idk most of what I heard about was fake stuff pretending to do that and threatening you, just cuz it took less access to show a threat than follow through. Pre-ransomware days shit. "Pay the FBI $300 via wire transfer to avoid criminal penalties" kinda shit.