‘Black Mirror’ episode comes to life in alleged $66 million crypto theft attempt

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• SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The episode is Shut Up and Dance, where a kid gets blackmailed into committing (more) crimes because a hacker had evidence of him with CSAM .

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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dude could’ve just said “the evidence is AI generated” and ignored it…

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    • DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “they were children!!! CHILDREN!!! How- how could you.”

      such a classic episode

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• db2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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• madgepickles@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I read the article and don’t understand what a physical crypto asset is that would require theft by breaking into the house. I thought the whole point of crypto was it is digital

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  • pHr34kY@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Data is stored on a hard disk. You can steal those.

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    • Maestro@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So: https://xkcd.com/538/

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• Etterra@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Honestly if you’re dumb enough to invest in crypto then you’ve kinda got it coming.

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• bigFab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  police were alerted to the plot by one of the teens’ mothers… Both teens are now out on $50,000 bail with ankle monitors.

  That alert cost mom dearly.

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• tomiant@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Another one, eh? Which one came true this time… Let’s see. Oh that one. Yeah that makes sense, coercing people over the Internet is apparently super easy, barely an inconvenience. It’s like that 764 network that had kids do unspeakable shit on camera, there is good precedent.

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