Atlanta State Department employee charged with sexual extortion - New Pittsburgh Courier
A former U. S. State Department employee has been charged by a federal grand jury in a computer hacking and cyberstalking scheme in which he allegedly threatened to share sexually explicit photos of his victims unless they gave him additional... “Ford is alleged to have hacked into hundreds of email accounts and tormented women across the country, by threatening to humiliate them unless they provided him with sexually explicit photos and videos,” said U. S. Attorney John Horn. Federal authorities alleged Ford, using stolen passwords, obtained sexually explicit photos and other personal information from victims’ email and social media accounts. From January 2013 through May 2015, Ford, using various aliases, allegedly posed as a member of the fictitious “account deletion team” for a well-known email service provider, Horn said. Using the passwords collected from this phishing scheme, Ford allegedly hacked into hundreds of email and social media accounts, stole sexually explicit photos and personal identifying information. Ford then allegedly emailed the victims and threatened to release the photos, which were attached to the emails, unless they obtained and sent him videos of “sexy girls” undressing in changing. Source: newpittsburghcourieronline.com
