But how about with while it's certainly possible a hacker could access your webcam, computer or smartphone, by way of a vulnerability or malware, it's also highly unlikely that they have. There are so many things wrong with this that it's hard to know where to start. "Pay me $2,000 (£1,500) in bitcoin," and the supposed video won't be made public. If they've been intimate online with a partner, not an uncommon occurrence during pandemic lockdown periods, the fears of being exposed can quickly gather pace and overtake rational thought.įollowing more attempts to get into the head of the potential victim, including trying to get them to feel sorry for the attacker who says they are only doing this as they got into debt after contracting COVID, the criminal conclusion is revealed. Especially if they might have been naked in front of a webcam even if they weren't on a Zoom chat or any chat for that matter. Even the most hardened of users might be forgiven for having to read this twice before deciding it's a con.
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