According to a recent study conducted by Florida International University and the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (CCRI), men were twice as likely as women to fall victim to the cyber-enabled crime known as “sextortion” during the pandemic.
Also known as online sex blackmailing, this cybercrime is a form of extortion in which the blackmailer threatens to publish explicit private images or videos online unless their demands are met. The survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults showed that young people, Black and Native American women, and LGBTQ individuals were also at higher risk of being targeted.