Have you received an email from an alleged hacker with an attached PDF that includes your name, a picture of your house, and a threat to leak embarrassing info or photos to your friends and family? Don’t panic. 🧵 (1/7)
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I look at it this way ..Felon45/7 is an unpunished criminal & his supposed “first lady” (title used loosely) has published naked compromising photos….
fuq it.. bring it on.🤪🤣🤣🤣 it’s hard to care anymore about these things, truly.🙄
Thanks for the info though..🌹
I've seen waves of the "I hacked your webcam" sextortion emails that include a user's password (sourced from prior known breaches) and I could tell right away which users never changed their password much. 😂
I've had a few of those and the "password" included was never one I'd have used in the first place. I think a lot of them rely on folks using random characters they can't remember.
The first Black Mirror episode I saw was, 'Shut Up and Dance'.
A really thought provoking and scary look into the future related to your topic.
Apparently a new series drops next year... looking forward to seeing where they take it given the advance in tech since it began.
I'm glad it's the first one I saw because it was so disturbing (and a real thriller to boot).
Some BM eps aren't that good but as an intro to the concept it was a cracker.
Another episode that in retrospect has become implemented, (Chinese CP with 'social credit score') and is probably now closer to reality than we'd ever like in the west too.
The best one I’ve got so far included a picture of half of a completely different building on the street with Google’s Street View copyright watermark clearly visible in the sky.
I’ve gotten postcards in the mail like that from real estate agents. Granted, the only threat was to sell my house if I should decide to sell. Either way, it’s creepy. Won’t be doing any business with them.
This is why I stopped answering the phone. Scam calls. Spoofed phone numbers, etc.Just leave a message if it's important. Same w/the front door. If I don't know who the f*ck you are, I'm not answering and there's no law that says I have to. Not yet at least.But who knows w/numb-nuts Trump as POTUS.
Despite what the email says, you probably haven’t been hacked. These kinds of schemes use publicly available info, not the kind of info that hackers would get from obtaining access to your accounts, so it’s unlikely the sender has hacked your accounts or devices. (2/7)
Here’s our biggest tip: do not pay the ransom. Having your address, full name, and a picture of your house doesn’t mean that someone has acquired private, compromising info about you. Here are some quick answers to a few questions people have after receiving these emails. (3/7)
A: With Google Street View and real estate sites, it’s not difficult to find a photo of someone’s house if you have their address. Data breaches are also common and scammers likely obtained multiple lists with the personal info of millions of people.(4/7)
Q: So if I shouldn’t pay the ransom and I shouldn’t respond, what should I do instead?
A: Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do, but there are some security hygiene steps you can take. Use a password manager to keep your passwords strong & unique. Enable 2FA when it’s an option. (6/7)
In the UK report it to "Action Fraud". They're very unlikely to take direct action on an individual case but do use the statistical data to help focus the limited investigatory resources and go after the very worst and larger scale actors. If you get multiples report to your local police
If you respond to a scammer they know you are real and reading your email / texts so may well try again if you dont respond they could be sending to a dead account so chance of more emails is less.
Never respond - report to your email providers as spam/ pfishing then delete and forget.
Yep, voter registries in most states can be bought for nothing, the county appraiser's office is typically online, like everyone's email has probably been in some breach with their address at some point, osint isn't really hard to find if you know where to look.
I got one of those emails telling me they had compromising photos of me. LOL. I am in my 70s. Did they break into my house and find a drawer full of Polaroids?
I'm dealing with my stepfather calling a stunt like that against an active mortgage with my mother's previous address that I just moved here from last year
sounds like a fishing extortion attempt combined with real estate fraud. one notice to the tax assessor's office and they can take your stuff. better get title lock
As an avid gardener I would notice if the front yard plants aren’t the ones I’ve put in. My front yard is constantly changing as I fiddle around with my plant selections. 😃
I always just hope they found some of those great nude selfies I thought I lost to hard drive failure. They'd really boost my campaign if they got 'leaked'. Sadly, it hasn't worked out yet.
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fuq it.. bring it on.🤪🤣🤣🤣 it’s hard to care anymore about these things, truly.🙄
Thanks for the info though..🌹
A really thought provoking and scary look into the future related to your topic.
Apparently a new series drops next year... looking forward to seeing where they take it given the advance in tech since it began.
That episode is called, 'The National Anthem'.
Some BM eps aren't that good but as an intro to the concept it was a cracker.
Joke's on them. As a YouTuber I am already rereleasing embarrassing info and photos of me online.
A: With Google Street View and real estate sites, it’s not difficult to find a photo of someone’s house if you have their address. Data breaches are also common and scammers likely obtained multiple lists with the personal info of millions of people.(4/7)
A: Absolutely not. (5/7)
A: Unfortunately, there isn’t much you can do, but there are some security hygiene steps you can take. Use a password manager to keep your passwords strong & unique. Enable 2FA when it’s an option. (6/7)
Never respond - report to your email providers as spam/ pfishing then delete and forget.
Solidarity
(Which I always call MFA)