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FBI Warning: Cyber-Extortion Incidents Victimizing Boys Are Rising; What Parents Can Do
The FBI’s San Francisco office is warning parents of teen boys about the prevalence of cyber-extortion incidents in the Bay Area and beyond.
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Mother Issues Warning After Teen Son Dies by Suicide Over Cyber Blackmail
A South Bay mother is speaking out in hopes that her family’s tragedy will help prevent other families from facing the same heartbreak. Damian Trujillo reports.
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California Leads U.S. in Cyber-Crime Complaints: FBI
More than 50,000 Californians reported being victims of online crime last year, new Federal Bureau of Investigation data show. Their combined losses totaled more than half-a-billion dollars, the FBI said. The FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report summarizes cyber-crime complaints reported through the agency’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or IC3, and offers a broad look at the billions of dollars Americans…