Incidents of sextortion grow as cyber crime booms: Beazley Breach Response

21-02-2019

Incidents of sextortion grow as cyber crime booms: Beazley Breach Response

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Incidents of so-called sextortion, whereby criminals attempt to extort money from users of pornographic websites, are increasingly rapidly, according to Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services, which said a growing number of commercial clients were targeted by this in the fourth quarter of last year.


Sextortion, Cyber Crime, Pornographic, Beazley, Cyber breach, Cryptocurrency, Helen Nuttall, Katherine Keefe, UK, Global

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