Sextortion scams now include photos of your home.

New, by me:

"This week, several readers reported receiving sextortion emails that addressed them by name and included images of their street or front yard that were apparently lifted from an online mapping application such as Google Maps.

The message purports to have been sent from a hacker who’s compromised your computer and used your webcam to record a video of you while you were watching porn. The missive threatens to release the video to all of your contacts unless you pay a Bitcoin ransom. In this case, the ransom demand is just shy of $2,000, payable via Bitcoin by scanning a QR code embedded in the email.

Following a salutation that includes the recipient's full name, the start of the message reads, "Is visiting [recipient's street address] a more convenient way to contact if you don't take action. Nice location btw." Below that is the photo of the recipient's street address."

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/sextortion-scams-now-include-photos-of-your-home/

My short row shawl is turning out exactly as I hoped with my handspun. 🌈💜 Seeing it all knit up kind of makes me more excited for Tour de Fleece this year!

Going to try for one more full repeat of the last motif and see if I can use up all the yarn. I re-learned how to knit backwards so those edging "leaves" go really fast!

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