Sextortion “I recorded you” emails reuse passwords found in disposable inboxes
ID: 66ecc1f9-1bb2-5f63-97b2-627c0d2b47ed
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Feed Name: Malwarebytes Blog
**Executive summary:** The report describes a wave of sextortion emails that impersonate a 'drive-by exploit' and threaten victims with publication of intimate footage while including a real password to increase credibility; the attacker appears to have harvested passwords from publicly accessible disposable inboxes (e.g., FakeMailGenerator). The article details the scam flow, provides an example message and Bitcoin wallet used, warns users about public disposable inboxes, and gives practical safety steps (do not respond, change exposed passwords, use password managers, cover webcams).
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