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Child Porn Accusation As Online Extortion Tactic

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-like-an-fbi-method dept.

Glenn writes "There's a story on silicon.com about a new twist in the tactics used by online extortionists trying to blackmail ecommerce sites with denial of service attacks. Yesterday one blackmailer threatened to send out child pornography emails in UK gambling site Blue Square's name if it didn't pay up 7000 Euros." This sounds even worse than simple DoS threats.

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  1. Such tactics are also used by CIA by Synli · · Score: -1, Troll

    Not many people know, but such tactics are also used by CIA.

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  2. Better yet.... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 0, Troll

    Tell them you'd glady pay 7000 Euros for good quality child porn.

  3. Re:Sigh, so many scumbags and thugs. by bconway · · Score: 0, Troll

    "hitmark" is a name and face? Riiiiight. Just like Subject Line Troll. Or Klerck.

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  4. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Since when do Catholic priests target gambling sites?

    Oh, I get it. You're implying that all child pornographers are Catholic priests. That's funny. Really, it is. I haven't heard that connection made before. See, you took a handful of publicized cases, and created a broad association between an entire religious group and a single criminal activity that has plagued society since long before Catholicism ever existed. You're really clever. How did you come up with that so easily? Boy, I bet it's fun to use humor to condemn an entire group of people based on the actions of a tiny percentage of them. Tell me, do you make similar jokes about blacks? Asians? Hispanics? Muslims? Jews? Homosexuals? Women? Humans? I bet you're a riot at parties.

  5. Re:Same solution as always by TLSPRWR · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not really... Just because it's a known method doesn't mean something like child porn being distrubuted wouldn't go unresearched. I'm sure the FBI/CIA/Local Law Enforcement would at least shut the place down or lock the accused person up until they could confirm that it wasn't them. A few days out of business could cost thousands, millions, but likely more than just paying the blackmailers alone would, so it's still a pretty effective method.

  6. What are you talking about? by the+last+fortress · · Score: 0, Troll
    You're implying that all child pornographers are Catholic priests. That's funny. Really, it is. I haven't heard that connection made before. See, you took a handful of publicized cases, and created a broad association between an entire religious group and a single criminal activity that has plagued society since long before Catholicism ever existed.

    Child pornography requires cameras, and I'm pretty sure that Catholics pre-date the invention of photography. You're so very wrong that it's almost funny.