Financial sextortion schemes mostly target teenage boys, largely through Instagram: Report  ...Middle East

Teenage boys are the most frequent targets of financial "sextortion" schemes that are often conducted through Instagram and other social media platforms, according to a new report. The report was released jointly by technology company Thorn and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) on Monday and examined more than 15 million reports made to NCMEC’s CyberTipline from 2020 to 2023. It found that sextortion is on the rise, with an average of 812 reports of sextortion made per week to NCMEC in the last year. The report defines sextortion as “threatening to expose sexual images of someone if they don’t yield to demands.” The report found that about two-thirds o

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