A new sextortion scam that breaks the typical mold has been detected at the beginning of the year. Fraudsters preying on the insecurity of connected devices used footage from Nest cameras, and led victims through a convoluted path of email accounts and web sites before making their ransom price known. Compared to a typical sextortion campaign, the fraudsters put in some effort to convince the victim that they’re dealing with skilled hackers by having them access multiple email accounts and links for instructions.
Source: Bleeping Computer
