Detectives from the Financial and Cyber Crime Group, State Crime Command have today charged a 31 year-old Geebung man with six computer hacking and two extortion offences following a seven-month investigation.
Detectives conducted an investigation after receiving reports from victims, including three in Queensland, that the man was in possession of their unauthorised personal images. It will be alleged the man accessed their images through their social media accounts. An examination of a number of seized electronic devices identified there are over 350 potential victims nationwide who have had their personal images compromised. It will further be alleged the images relate to young adult females with an active social media presence.
Police will allege the man approached victims online using a compromised known friend’s account on a social media messenger platform whilst pretending to be the friend and seeking assistance to restore and recover the friend’s lost account. It will be alleged
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