Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Hacker gets 6 years in prison for 'sextortion' scheme

Authorities said he hacked into more than 100 computers by tricking people to download software that allowed him to take control of their computers. He listened to victims through the computers' microphones, read their emails and watched them through their webcams.

He also obtained explicit pictures of many of them.

He threatened the victims by saying he would post the pictures on the Internet if the victim did not send him more explicit videos.

"When one victim shared Mijangos 'sextortionate' threats with a friend, Mijangos responded by posting nude pictures of the victim on her MySpace page," prosecutors said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09/02/california.nude.extortion/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

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