Rise in cyber extortionists targeting porn site visitors: Cops

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The Maharashtra Police said that
Balsing Rajput, Superintendent of Police, Maharashtra Cyber, said, "The fraudsters place some malware on porn websites. When someone accesses such a site, the fraudsters manage to breach the data of that person. The browser then starts working as a remote control desktop, using which they access the visitor's display screen and get the contact numbers of his friends, his contacts on social media and e- mails."
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First Published: Apr 18 2020 | 10:46 AM IST