TREND in data hacking. SEXTORTION.

Will this be a legislative trend? Yes, because sextorition is not a crime. Individuals are charged under usual hacking crimes.

How does sextortion differ from ransomware?

• Ransomware is about money
• Sextorition is about power
• Ransomware holds your computer hostage
• Sextorition threatens to expose “secrets” unless certain nude images are transmitted

Who are the victims?

• 71% are under 18
• 91% are targeted by social media manipulation
• 7.3 years is the average state criminal sentence
• 29 years is the average federal criminal sentence

Sextortion | Brookings Institute