Hackers are hunting for your private photos, FBI warns: 6 ways to avoid a sextortion nightmare

ZDNET reports on an FBI advisory warning that hackers are targeting adults and minors to steal explicit photos from social media and personal accounts, then selling those images (often with identifying details) on the dark web to facilitate sextortion; the advisory details common attacker tactics—credential cracking from leaked data, customer-service impersonation, and phishing—and offers practical user mitigations such as avoiding storing sensitive images online, using unique passwords and MFA, and not sharing reset codes.