Published: Thu 22 Aug 2024
Online sextortion is a form of financial fraud that has become increasingly prevalent over the past year.
In some cases in the UK, US and Australia teenagers have killed themselves after being targeted by cybercriminals, who typically operate out of west Africa or south-east Asia.
The fraudsters seek to extort victims, typically boys, by tricking them into sending intimate pictures of themselves and then demanding money by threatening to release the images online – including to friends and family.
Here is a guide to how sextortion fraudsters work and how to deal with such attacks.
Read the full article at The Guardian.
Messaging app Telegram will deploy new tools to prevent the spread of images of child sexual abuse after teaming up with the Internet Watch Foundation.
After years of ignoring pleas to sign up to child protection schemes, the controversial messaging app Telegram has agreed to work with an internationally recognised body to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
The images that Nelson made have been linked back to real children around the world. In some cases, he then went on to encourage his clients to rape and sexually assault the youngsters.