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Sextortion spam isn't new. "I've implanted spyware on your device and I have video of you watching dirty videos and doing unspeakable things! Pay me a bitcoin or I'll send it to everyone on your contact list!" sort of stuff.
Well, they've upped their game a bit with the recent massive data leaks. They're now correlating email addresses to leaked passwords - which are sometimes included - and tying to Google Street View for a photo of your house, cropped with AI to remove watermarks.
According to the comments, they're not very accurate with the geolocation and frequently get a neighbor's house, or in the case of Mike Rowe's parents (the dude from Dirty Jobs), trying to target a 91-y/o.
You can report incidents of this if you're repeatedly targeted to the FBI.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/sextortion-scams-now-include-photos-of-your-home/
Sextortion spam isn't new. "I've implanted spyware on your device and I have video of you watching dirty videos and doing unspeakable things! Pay me a bitcoin or I'll send it to everyone on your contact list!" sort of stuff.
Well, they've upped their game a bit with the recent massive data leaks. They're now correlating email addresses to leaked passwords - which are sometimes included - and tying to Google Street View for a photo of your house, cropped with AI to remove watermarks.
According to the comments, they're not very accurate with the geolocation and frequently get a neighbor's house, or in the case of Mike Rowe's parents (the dude from Dirty Jobs), trying to target a 91-y/o.
You can report incidents of this if you're repeatedly targeted to the FBI.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/sextortion-scams-now-include-photos-of-your-home/
