Protect yourself from sextortion

Hackers stole huge amounts of cash from guys who watch porn.

Nuno Lopes
Sep 5, 2018 · 3 min read
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A group of hackers has found a new way to extort large sums of money from scared internet users.

The group claimed that they’d infected the targeted user’s computer with malware, giving them the ability to collect and reveal the porn sites accessed by the user.

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