Officers from Devon and Cornwall police flew to the USA and interviewed Ellis as to what she had seen and done.The hacker knew every move the unsuspecting victim made. He could see her in her bedroom, hear her conversations, knew every keystroke she made online.

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And he threatened to expose her secrets unless she bowed to his demands.- Don’t take for granted that your computer’s anti-virus software is a guarantee against intrusions.- Turn off your computer when you aren’t using it.

(The majority of computers involved in the sextortion case were laptops; many of the victims chatted on social networks so much that they never turned off their machines.)- Cover your webcam when not in use.- Don’t open attachments without independently verifying that they were sent from someone you know.- It’s okay to be suspicious.

Ben Weiss graduated magna cum laude from Occidental College with a Bachelor's in sociology.

While at Occidental, Ben was awarded departmental honors for his senior thesis, entitled "Patterns of Interaction in Webcam Sex Work: A Comparative Analysis of Female and Male Broadcasters." As a Ph D student in sociology at USC, Ben uses ethnographic methods to study political sociology, law & society, and crime.