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So-called sextortion campaigns are on the rise. The usual methods are simple and highly effective. Spice a threatening email with some personal details—usually an email address, username and password from a random data breach, then claim to have videos or photos which will be emailed to friends, family and colleagues unless a bitcoin ransom is paid. The advice is to ignore those emails, the threats are empty.
But what if an attacker did have the right kind of data with which to threaten (...)