Blackmail articles

Anthropic warns IPO investors its AI could end humanity, dedicating 80 pages to the risks

WTF?! In what sounds like a self-defeating move, but could also be a way to hype its IPO, Anthropic is warning any potential investors that the company's most advanced AI models could pose "catastrophic or existential risks to humanity." How much that will dissuade people from investing in the company remains to be seen.

FBI warns hackers are breaking into social media accounts to steal and sell users' nude photos

Anthropic says Claude learned to blackmail people from "evil" AI stories online

New infostealer malware snaps webcam photos when you watch porn

WTF?! It's an email scam as old as the Nigerian prince asking for money: someone claiming they hacked your webcam and have recorded you in an act of self-pleasure. Unless you pay up, the video will be sent to friends and family. The whole thing's a lie, of course, but a new type of malware has made this form of sextortion a reality.

Google Nest owners targeted in sextortion campaign

Extortionists make over $100,000 from threatening DDoS emails without ever launching an attack

Silk Road was blackmailed multiple times, hackers were paid thousands to buzz off

Crime group blackmails Nokia for several million euros

Myspace is using old photos in an attempt to re-engage users