--- title: Sextortion scammers are exploiting ShinyHunters data leaks description: Sextortion scammers are impersonating the ShinyHunters hacking group and using email addresses from multiple high-profile data breaches (Amtrak, Hallmark, ADT,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sextortion-scammers-are-exploiting-shinyhunters-data-leaks-0zljoxflt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Sextortion scammers are exploiting ShinyHunters data leaks | daily.dev og:description: Sextortion scammers are impersonating the ShinyHunters hacking group and using email addresses from multiple high-profile data breaches (Amtrak, Hallmark, ADT,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sextortion-scammers-are-exploiting-shinyhunters-data-leaks-0zljoxflt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0ZLJOxFlT.png og:image:alt: Sextortion scammers are exploiting ShinyHunters data leaks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Sextortion scammers are exploiting ShinyHunters data leaks **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Sextortion scammers are impersonating the ShinyHunters hacking group and using email addresses from multiple high-profile data breaches (Amtrak, Hallmark, ADT, Canvas, and others) to make their $2,000 Bitcoin extortion demands appear credible. The emails falsely claim the sender installed malware and recorded victims via webcam. No Bitcoin payments have been observed at the listed wallet address. Advice for recipients includes never replying, not paying, changing any exposed passwords, enabling 2FA, and deleting/reporting the message as spam. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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