Miss Teen USA Is the Latest Victim in Online ‘Sextortion’ Trend http://t.co/r1EOgUlQkp
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Miss Teen USA Is the Latest Victim in Online ‘Sextortion’ Trend
Cassidy Wolf says she was contacted anonymously by a hacker who claimed to have nude photos of her.
The FBI is investigating a “sextortion” plot involving Cassidy Wolf, who was crowned Miss Teen USA last weekend, according to the L.A. Times. Though an official declined to elaborate on details of the case, including whether or not a suspect had been targeted, the plot is the latest incident in a series of sextortion scandals in which hackers gain access to personal information about a victim and use it to manipulate them into handing over nude photos.
The last time I mentioned Jessica K. Roy, the clever editor of the N.Y. Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tech writer for the Observer was my September 18, 2012 blog post titled, Teen girl's despicable revenge plot goes viral -and now comes the backlash to her cyberbullying! New York Observer's Jessica Roy has the scoop on the video from Putin's Russia: "Video of Russian Teens Brutally Bullying Peer Goes Viral. Bullying breeds more bullying"; @JessicaKRoy
By Jessica Roy, August 16, 2013 8:58 a.m.
The FBI is investigating a “sextortion” plot involving Cassidy Wolf, who was crowned Miss Teen USA last weekend, according to the L.A. Times. Though an official declined to elaborate on details of the case, including whether or not a suspect had been targeted, the plot is the latest incident in a series of sextortion scandals in which hackers gain access to personal information about a victim and use it to manipulate them into handing over nude photos.
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The last time I mentioned Jessica K. Roy, the clever editor of the N.Y. Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tech writer for the Observer was my September 18, 2012 blog post titled, Teen girl's despicable revenge plot goes viral -and now comes the backlash to her cyberbullying! New York Observer's Jessica Roy has the scoop on the video from Putin's Russia: "Video of Russian Teens Brutally Bullying Peer Goes Viral. Bullying breeds more bullying"; @JessicaKRoy
http://hallandalebeachblog.blogspot.com/2012/09/teen-girls-despicable-revenge-plot-goes.html
Her numerous previous post on the revenge porn and blackmail phenomenon are at:
http://betabeat.com/index.php?s=revenge+porn
As it happens, there's an AP story about what's going on with a Senate bill in California,
SB255, to bring them into the 21st Century, though unfortunately, the penalty is only a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/15/3565120/bill-outlaws-growing-problem-of.html
Bill's text:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255
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http://observer.com/ @NewYorkObserver https://twitter.com/NewYorkObserver
Her numerous previous post on the revenge porn and blackmail phenomenon are at:
http://betabeat.com/index.php?s=revenge+porn
As it happens, there's an AP story about what's going on with a Senate bill in California,
SB255, to bring them into the 21st Century, though unfortunately, the penalty is only a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/15/3565120/bill-outlaws-growing-problem-of.html
Bill's text:
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB255
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@JessicaKRoy https://twitter.com/JessicaKRoy
http://observer.com/ @NewYorkObserver https://twitter.com/NewYorkObserver
