Scammers using AI to make sexually-explicit content, extort victims: FBI

Several cybersecurity companies have reported that cybercrime is on the rise and attackers are using multiple tactics for their financial gains. Now, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an advisory warning people of an “uptick” in extortion schemes involving fake nudes created with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.

The agency said that as of April this year, it has received an increasing number of reports of “sextortion”, a type of extortion tactic wherein criminals trick a victim into providing financial benefits by threatening to reveal an explicit or sexually-themed photo.