Sexual predators targeting online accounts for intimate images, FBI warns

The FBI issues a PSA warning that criminals are breaking into social media and personal accounts to steal and distribute non-consensual intimate images (NCII). The advisory details common techniques—password/PIN guessing using breached data, fake customer-service texts that harvest verification codes, and phishing pages—that enable account takeover, explains the risks of images being posted or sold alongside personal details, and provides mitigation advice (unique passwords, MFA/passkeys, avoiding storing sensitive images, verifying links) plus reporting instructions to the FBI NCII portal.