Hacker Sex-tortion: FBI Alleges Man Blackmailed Women into Making Sex Videos

By: Barry Leibowitz
Topics: Cybercrime

(CBS/AP)

LOS ANGELES (CBS/AP) The FBI has arrested a Southern California man they say was behind a "sex-tortion" scheme targeting women and young girls.

The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles says 31-year-old Luis Mijangos hacked into computers to obtain personal data to extort sexually explicit videos, in exchange for keeping his victims' information private.

FBI experts allege Mijangos infected more than 100 computers used by about 230 people, including at least 44 juveniles.

The alleged scheme involved using peer-to-peer networks to infect computers, induce victims to download malware disguised as songs, and control those computers to spread malware through contact lists.

Mijangos allegedly searched computers for sexual or intimate images to blackmail victims into making videos for him.

Prosecutors say he also was able to control some webcams to capture intimate scenes.

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by captbuzzkill June 23, 2010 11:22 AM EDT: You have got to be kidding me - they bleeped my "5cum84g"? How PC can you get?!; Reply to this comment


by captbuzzkill June 23, 2010 11:21 AM EDT: I suppose this guy is an American citizen, and not some scumbag illegal looking to vote for Obama in 2012?

Burn the ****** either way, but use manzanita if he's a legal citizen - or green p1ss fir if he is an illegal...; Reply to this comment

by lilbear925 June 23, 2010 9:40 AM EDT

In Saudi Arabia this guy would have his fingers cut off and his eyes put out...

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by dlmills June 23, 2010 11:03 AM EDT: yeah welcome to America, where he'll get ten years and then be out in five and go on to rape and kill a teenage girl