Billy, a 25-year-old working in tech in New York, says he met a woman on OkCupid who soon 'sextorted' him for $800:
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“All of a sudden she showed me all of these screenshots, and then showed me she had pulled up the Facebook FB, +0.71% pages of my aunt, my sister, the company I work for, all these people,” he said. “I started to panic.” “We are seeing more and more of these cyber attacks that take advantage of social engineering,” Asaf Cidon, vice president of content security at Barracuda Networks, said. “Usually with these kinds of attacks, people want to get some type of psychological leverage against people, or a position of authority to get what they want.”
Generally, attacks are not as direct as what Billy experienced, Cidon said. In most cases, someone will email a victim claiming to have hacked them and say they have compromising photos. In those cases, it’s best to ignore the claims, which are probably false, Cidon said. He never contacted law enforcement or OkCupid because he was embarrassed and afraid the woman would retaliate. “I know for a fact not everyone would make this error, but if you find the right vulnerable person, you can make a lot of money,” Billy said. “That’s what makes this so dangerous.”
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