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International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 2021
Sextortion is a new form of cybercrime that is spreading very fast in India. Sextortion is such a type of incident where victims are very ashamed of sharing and talking. And that is why it becomes a very easy and suitable target for blackmailers. Innocent social media users are being trapped in Sextortion. Victims not only lose their money but also pride and respect in society especially family members and friends. The research paper has explored to understand the modus operandi of the blackmailers. The present study has attempted to trace blackmailers in a sextortion incident. The research paper has described the process of tracing the blackmailers online. The study analyzed the incident from a cybercrime detection and identification perspective. The research paper is also attempting to spread awareness by describing tactics to defend against cybercrimes such as sextortion.
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International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 2022
Human behaviors can never fail to astound society. People behave as they want in their privacy and sometimes it can be weirdest, dark, and taboo. Sex is not a routine and normal topic in the conversation of Indian society. Therefore, people are very secretive about their sexual beliefs, thoughts, and sexuality. Whenever anybody does anything where she/he knows that their act is not going to be known by others people tend to involve in such acts. This is the exact angle that blackmailers in sextortion have identified and they get success too in duping people. They threaten people to viral their videos or chat in the sexual act. But, the Majority of the crimes committed on social media go unreported or untraced. Due to lack of procedural setups to identify the accuses. especially in the cases of sextortion where name and shame in the society are attacked of any individual. The present research paper aims to provide a simple procedural method to identify the accused in the offences committed on social media. The authors of the research paper have chatted with the 11 blackmailers of sextortion on social media and the authors were able to identify the location of the accused. The research paper is attempting to explain the dynamics of crime and victimization of sextortion from a cyber psychological perspective.
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Distribution of nude, intimate and sexualized images of individuals without consent and against the wishes of those individuals whose image has been captured, is of growing concern across the world. Moving from the conceptualization of 'revenge porn' in the early 2000's, through to our more sophisticated understanding of the issues of "image-based abuse" and "non-consensual pornography" this paper considers the broad context of these crimes. The paper draws on the concepts of online misogyny, gender-based victimization, and "toxic masculinity". The progress towards criminalization of such online abuse, with reference to the recent introduction of new laws in England & Wales and Australia is examined. This shift from voluntary to statutory regulation, and from civil to criminal law remedies has been coupled with new crime prevention and control initiatives that seek to encourage reporting leading to prosecution and educate users and empower victims. As countries successively tackle image-based abuse through their own criminal justice systems and stakeholder engagement, there is a need to learn from and critique what has already been established. Summarizing the approaches undertaken in England & Wales and Australia we draw important conclusions that are based on the experiences of early responders, bringing together several best practices for the prevention and response to image-based abuse. ________________________________________________________________________
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