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Sextortion: A continuing mode of cyber crime

Authors: Neha Das¹

Pages: 13-20

Abstract: Sextortion, a form of cybercrime obvious by the exploitation of intimate pictures or videos for fiscal, sexual, or psychological advantage, has become an rising global threat in the digital age. This crime includes forcing victims into compliance-often by bullying to openly release flexible content if specific demands are not met. As wrongdoers exploit the suppression and reach provided by digital platforms, sextortion cases progressively target vulnerable individuals, including juveniles and young adults. The emotional influence on sufferers is thoughtful, ranging from apprehension and depression to extreme cases of suicide, underlining the urgent need for robust legal, technical, and edifying measures. These abstract goals to discuss the skeletons of sextortion as a contemporary cybercrime, investigating into its psychological, legal, and technical dimensions. Furthermore, it highpoints the urgent need for a multi-disciplinary method that involves lawmakers, cybersecurity specialists, educators, and numerical platform providers to implement preventive measures and effective response campaigns. In hypothesis, sextortion underscores the obligation for a resilient framework to shield individuals from mistreatment in an increasingly digitalized the world.

Keywords: Cyber-enabled Blackmail, Digital Sexual Coercion, Online Exploitation Crimes, Neha, Sextortion