Arrest made in Miss Teen USA extortion attempt
Cassidy Wolf
/ Instagram(CBS/AP) SANTA ANA, Calif. - A 19-year-old man has been arrested in an investigation into the hacking of webcams at the homes of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other young women in an attempt to extort nude photographs and videos, the FBI said.
PICTURES: Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA, claims to be cybercrime victim
Continue »FBI investigating alleged "sextortion" of Miss Teen USA
Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA 2013
/ Instagram(CBS/AP) TEMECULA, Calif. - The FBI is investigating claims made by the newly-crowned Miss Teen USA, Cassidy Wolf, that she was the victim of a cybercriminal who hacked into her computer and attempted to extort her in exchange for keeping nude photos private.
PICTURES: Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA, claims to be cybercrime victim
Continue »Report: Miss Teen USA says she was a cybercrime victim
Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA 2013
/ Instagram(CBS) NEW YORK - The recently-crowned Miss Teen USA says someone took private photos of her by hacking into her computer's webcam and is now extorting her, according to the New York Daily News.
PICTURES: Cassidy Wolf, Miss Teen USA, claims to be cybercrime victim
Continue »Who posted naked photos of Md. high school girls online?
An investigation is under way into who posted nude photos online of Harford County, Md. high school students.
/ Facebook(CBS) EDGEWOOD, Md. - An investigation is under way to determine who posted nude photos online of Harford County, Md. high school students, CBS Baltimore reports.
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Continue »Man charged in attack on Gene Simmons' website
Gene Simmons
/ file, AP Photo/Chris Pizzello(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - A Connecticut man affiliated with a hacking group was arrested Tuesday on federal charges for an attack on a website belonging to Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, authorities said.
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/ @LulzSecBritain's Royal Navy Website Hacked
A screengrab of the home page of the Royal Navy website. (AP)
LONDON (CBS/AP) The British Royal Navy's website was shut down Monday after the site's security was breached in a hacker attack.
A message on the site says it has been shut down for "essential maintenance" and asked users to "visit again soon."
New Identity Theft Scheme Targets Kids
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KANSAS CITY, Mo (CBS/AP) The latest form of identity theft doesn't depend on stealing your Social Security number - now thieves are targeting your kid's number long before the little one even has a bank account.
Hundreds of online businesses are using computers to find dormant Social Security numbers - usually those assigned to children who don't use them - then selling those numbers under another name to help people establish phony credit and run up huge debts they will never pay off.
Continue »Cyber Bullies Target Girl, Even After Suicide
Alexis Pilkington (Personal Photo)
But none of that stopped Alexis from becoming the target of nasty online comments - even after the Long Island girl committed suicide.Continue »
Police to Chatroulette Users: "If You're a Predator, We're Coming After You"
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Users must be 16-years-old or older to chat, and sex and nudity are prohibited; however, chances are that if you've used the site, you've run across multiple examples of those rules being broken.Continue »
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