Aurich Lawson Sextortion—it’s not just limited to creepy guys you’ve never met in real life ; now even people you know are getting in on the act. Back on April 7 of this year, a woman in Dover, New Hampshire called the police. Someone had broken into her house and stolen her MacBook Pro—normal enough in the grand scheme of criminal behavior—but also some of her underwear. Disconcerting. Making it even worse was the victim’s knowledge that her now-stolen laptop contained not just e-mails and Web browsing history, but several years’ worth of private, sexual pictures of her and several partners. But perhaps the underwear-and-laptop thief wouldn’t find them.

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Laptop theft leads to "sextortion"—and arrest of family friend