Neowin News Feed for: Sextortion

AI fantasy chatbots leak explicit user data, including child sexual abuse messages

Paul Hill — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:20:01 +0000

A cybersecurity firm has found some AI chats being leaked to the open web. Disturbingly, it found that users were engaging in child sexual abuse with the AI. Read more...

No, Microsoft doesn't have dirt on you, it's just a sextortion scam

David Uzondu — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:36:02 +0000

Hackers are hijacking the Microsoft 365 Message Center to send sextortion scams straight to inboxes, bypassing spam filters entirely. Read more...

No, your partner didn't cheat on you. Well, at least, when this email said so

Martin Hodás — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 16:02:01 +0000

The original sextortion e-mail scam has morphed into one that exploits your relationship insecurities. Read more...

Increase in cyber sextortion largely being driven by one African cybercriminal group

Paul Hill — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 06:58:01 +0000

Sextortion cases have boomed over the last 18 months due to the proliferation of training materials pushed by a single group called Yahoo Boys. Instagram, Snapchat, and Wizz are most targeted. Read more...

Meta introduces new privacy features for teens on Facebook and Instagram

Justin Luna — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Meta is introducing new updates on Facebook and Instagram to protect teenagers from online harm. For instance, accounts by teens will have more private settings than the usual social media account. Read more...

Online civility deteriorated in the second year of the pandemic, claims Microsoft

Usama Jawad — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has reported that digital civility has taken a turn for the worse in the second and ongoing year of the pandemic. 18 out of the 22 surveyed countries reported net-negative stats. Read more...

Further details emerge on sextortion scam that uses your real passwords to deceive you

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 19:36:02 +0000

More details regarding an ongoing sextortion scam have emerged, including reports that over $30,000 has been paid in ransom to the hackers by people who were scammed by this new form of ransomware. Read more...

This sextortion scam uses your real passwords to deceive you

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:30:01 +0000

A new form of ransomware has emerged, with targeted users being threatened to provide money. Old passwords are used by the blackmailers as proof that their victim's online data is not private anymore. Read more...

UK: NPCC reports increase in webcam blackmail and four related suicides

Paul Hill — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:04:01 +0000

The UK's National Police Chiefs' Council has reported an increase in the number of those involved in webcam blackmail. It also said that there were four suicides related to so-called 'sextortion'. Read more...