Crims using social media images, videos in 'virtual kidnapping' scams
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Feed Name: The Register (Security)
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The FBI warns criminals are abusing social media images and AI to create fake "proof of life" photos and videos for virtual kidnapping and extortion scams, and are also using AI-enhanced fake profiles in large-scale fake IT worker schemes; victims are pressured via timed messages and threatened with violence, and the FBI urges preserving evidence and reporting incidents to IC3.
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