They asked for money in cryptocurrency under the threat of circulating potentially embarrassing private videos.
SingCert said it has observed multiple variants of extortion e-mails, some of which were sent in languages other than English.
The Singapore Cyber Emergency Response Team , a unit of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, issued an advisory on Aug 28 warning the public of these extortion e-mails.The Straits Times understands that the extortion e-mails were in English and Malay, and no monetary losses were incurred by the victims.
“Understand that these baseless claims are designed to intimidate and extort money from you. Do not reply to the e-mail and do not make any payment. Engaging with the perpetrators or yielding to the extortion will encourage them to continue their cyber criminal activities.” The perpetrators demand a cryptocurrency payment and threaten to send the videos to the recipients’ contacts if payment is not made within a stipulated time.
The e-mails ask for money in the form of cryptocurrency under the threat of circulating potentially embarrassing private videos of victims. SCREENGRAB: CYBER SECURITY AGENCY OF SINGAPORE
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