Sometimes, we, especially teenagers, are so much in ‘love’ that they do not even hesitate to share their personal photos and details with our ‘loved ones’ via Internet. That time, they are not aware of the consequences that they are going to face in future.
A recent case might be an eyeopener to all of those teenagers where a man tried to blackmail a teenage girl in Auckland by threatening to post her naked photos images and videos, which were obtained during their online relationship, to the web.
Martin Cocker, executive director at Netsafe, told New Zealand Herald that while cases of teenagers sharing images unwisely was not uncommon, the lengths the perpetrator was going to were very aggressive.
"The man is a very determined character. The majority wouldn't continue to harass and attack any party they can find in the way that he has."
According to the NHerald, the relationship between the girl and the man began through Online gaming. The girl shared her explicit images, and then Skype calls where she undressed in front of a camera.
"I am always concerned they are going to feel like they are the first person who has ever been in this situation and feel isolated. That's not the case. Cases of sexual exploitation were a growing challenge,” he said.
The man stole her information by hacking her family's home computers and then launched a denial-of-service attack on the servers of her high school. Then, he uploaded the explicit images and videos of the girl to pornography websites and on her school's Facebook page with links to the sites.
"He is trying to punish the child or the family. It's a jilted relationship. He wants revenge," the school principal told New Zealand Herald. We just want the whole of New Zealand to realize that this is serious and scary and we need to do something about it."
A police spokesman said that the National Cyber Crime Centre was investigating the unauthorized access and postings on the website and social media pages of the school. The investigation was in its early stages. There were a number of technical matters relating to the inquiry.