Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
A hacker terrified a Lee County man when he took over his computer and tried to extort him. Lee County sheriff’s investigators said they don’t know how the hacker got into the man’s laptop. The victim called LCSO’s fraud hotline to report the crime. He said he was talking with a relative on Skype one night last week, and after the conversation was over, he closed his laptop without logging off of Skype or turning off his computer. The next day, he went online. Within a minute, a number he didn’t recognize was calling his cell phone. He pick up, and a man who deputies said spoke with “a distinct foreign accent and claimed to be from Syria” called the man by name. He also had “very specific and private information about his finances, his family and friends that could have only been known by someone who had access to his computer,” deputies said. The hacker threatened to release the victim’s personal pictures and videos if he did not pay him $600.00. And that’s not all. “The hacker, who repeatedly threatened to ruin the victim’s life if he disconnected the call, was apparently able to see the victim in his home as he described the victim’s exact […]
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