Sextortion is a crime that involves using someone’s nude or intimate pictures to extort them for money. It’s been around for years but now the FBI is saying more perpetrators are altering innocent photos using artificial intelligence to commit the crimes.
As technology continues to advance, suicides among victims of sextortion are also said to be on the rise.
That’s according to federal agents who say criminals are finding new, sophisticated ways to target innocent victims.“It’s a way of bullying, it’s a way of extorting the victim,” said Special Agent in Charge at FBI-Houston James Smith.
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