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Two Nigerian men extradited to US over sextortion scams linked to teen suicides
Adebola Festus Adekunle and Mudasiru Afeez Olawale face life sentences after a joint operation tied them to blackmail schemes that ended in the deaths of two American minors.
AI 'Nudify' Apps Are a Back-to-School Threat. Here Is What Parents Need to Know.
Apps that strip clothing from photos using artificial intelligence are cheap, easy to find, and already reaching school-age children. Experts say parents need a plan before the new term starts.
Tennessee Man Gets 77 Years for Running Online Abuse Network Targeting Girls
A federal court sentenced Kyle Spitze, 27, to 77 years in prison for crimes tied to the 764 network, an online extremist group the FBI describes as a form of modern-day terrorism.
FBI warns criminals are hunting nude photos in hacked accounts
The bureau says attackers are breaking into social media and cloud accounts to steal intimate images, then using them for blackmail, resale on criminal sites, and follow-on sextortion attacks against victims and their families.
UK member of 'The Com' jailed for two years after blackmailing 117 girls online
Justin Swaddle, 20, used Snapchat, Telegram and Discord to coerce teenage girls into self-harm and abuse images, purely to boost his standing in a sprawling online cybercrime collective.
Matched, Manipulated, Blackmailed: How Sextortion Scams Target Young Men
Organised criminal networks are using dating apps and social media to trap young men into sharing intimate images, then demanding money. Two Australian survivors explain what happened and what they wish they had known.
Scammers Recycle ShinyHunters Breach Data to Power $2,000 Sextortion Emails
A campaign running since April uses email addresses from old ShinyHunters leaks to make fake extortion threats look personal.
Illinois man gets 76 months for phishing 750 women's Snapchat accounts
Kyle Svara, 26, tricked victims into handing over login codes by posing as Snap staff, then stole nude photos and traded them online.
Australia Logged 2,000 Sextortion Complaints in Six Months. Big Tech Still Isn't Scanning for the Scripts.
Australia's online safety watchdog says the same blackmail messages keep showing up across platforms, and most major tech companies still aren't using the detection tools that already exist.
Tech Giants Failing to Stop Online Sexual Extortion of Young Men, Australian Regulator Warns
Australia's online safety watchdog reviewed Apple, Meta, Google and others and found serious gaps in how they handle child exploitation and 'sextortion' complaints, even as reports keep climbing.