KnowBe4 - [Heads-up] This Evil New Child Porn Phishing Attack Could Absolutely Ruin Your Life

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Oh my. Bad guys have come up with a sinister new strain of blackmail/sextortion. Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, the bad guys sink lower. 

Eric Howes, KnowBe4's Principal Lab Researcher sent me a screenshot of an attack now live out there in the wild. It claims the CIA will bust you for child porn unless you pay 5,000 dollars and only then "your records will be deleted". Here is a screenshot:



from KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/heads-up-this-evil-new-child-porn-phishing-attack-could-absolutely-ruin-your-life

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