“You don’t know me, but I know your password. Let me get right to the point. I have access to your computer. I recorded you through your camera. You can pay me in bitcoin and I will disappear. If you don’t pay me I will send the video to everyone on your distribution list.”
Popular online scam
Have you ever received a threatening email by an unknown assailant who claims they have access to your accounts and have collected damaging information about you? Well sure, the email might be just a scare email with no real “meat” to it, or… it could be a bit more insidious. How can you know for sure whether this hacker really has control of your computer, or really recorded a video of you?
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