Threat actors are using email addresses exposed in data breaches leaked by the ShinyHunters extortion group to send ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A grieving New York mom whose 15-year-old son shot himself after being targeted in a Facebook “sextortion” scam blasted Meta CEO ...

A fake ShinyHunters sextortion email demanded $2,000 in Litecoin after the Carnival data breach exposed personal details of ...

A highly effective new email scam now circling the web uses a clever ploy to trick victims into paying up. The email uses an old password dump to convince the victims that the hacker was able to break ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A sextortion scam is making a resurgence this year, with crooks using scare tactics to extract money from victims. The scam has been dubbed the “Hello Pervert” scam. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An alleged sextortion attempt led to the tragic death of a 15-year-old boy in West Virginia. Bryce Tate, a sophomore at Nitro High ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Bryce Tate was a 15-year-old honor student at Nitro High School in Kanawha County, West Virginia. He was popular, active in his church, and close to his parents. November 6, 2025 ...

Alan Irwin has some sound advice for other victims of sextortion When Alan Irwin matched with a potential partner on Tinder, he had no idea that just days later he would be speaking to police. The ...

If a scam is effective, you can bet it will be tried time and time again. Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes warns that consumers are once again being targeted by a familiar but effective online ...

A grieving New York mom whose 15-year-old son shot himself after being targeted in a Facebook “sextortion” scam blasted Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a “soulless psychopath” as he arrived to testify in ...