The Internet Security Office detects a new 'sextortion' campaign
Fraudulent email is sent from a randomly generated email
account. The subject with which it is identified is 'I successfully hacked your
XXX devices', where XXX are random numbers, although it is not ruled out that
there are other emails with similar subjects.
The body of the message is written in Spanish and, although
there are no spelling mistakes, the grammar and vocabulary are not those used
by a native speaker. In it, the victim is told that their device has been
infected with spyware with which they have obtained alleged intimate videos.
Cybercriminals threaten to spread these videos to the email recipient's
contacts, unless they make a payment in bitcoins within 60 hours.
This deception is known as 'sextortion' and anyone could be
a victim of it since, in reality, multimedia content does not exist but is a
pretext to cause concern to the recipient and incite him to give in to economic
blackmail.
The 'sextortion' is triggered in Spain: the fear that your intimate videos will be published
The information that you should never share on
the internet or social networks
For this reason, the OSI recommends that anyone who has
received an email of this style not reply and delete it. «No one has had access
to your devices, nor has they recorded an intimate video. It is a deception
that uses social engineering strategies to make you follow the cybercriminal's
instructions, "he emphasizes.
Not responding is important because if you do, even if you don't fall for the payment trick, cybercriminals will know that the account is active and will send new scams in the future. If the notice is late and the user has already paid, it is necessary to collect all the evidence -screenshots, e-mails, messages ...- and contact the State Security Forces and Bodies to file a complaint.