Alabama man hacks into social media accounts of hundreds of young victims
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An Alabama man pleaded guilty to hacking hundreds of young victims' social media accounts, stealing private images, and extorting them for explicit material over three years.
Source: AL.com
A Mobile man pleaded guilty this week to charges of computer fraud, extortion, and cyberstalking. Jamarcus Mosley, 22, was charged after tricking hundreds of young victims into giving him control of their social media accounts, accessing their private images and videos, and threatening to release those items if they did not comply with his demands, including sending him sexually explicit material, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. By exploiting the trust of teens and young adults, Mosley hacked into their accounts to steal intimate and sexually suggestive images and extort them over a three-year period. Full Story