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“Stealerium” Sextortion Malware: Infostealer Goes Next-Level
Devona Green Jordan
September 04, 2025
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Interesting Tech Fact:
Few people realize that one of the earliest documented cases of digital Sextortion dates back to the late 1980s, long before today’s webcam-driven scams. In 1988, a hacker group known as the “Chaos Computer Club” in Germany exposed how primitive dial-up bulletin board systems could be manipulated to capture private messages and personal photos—blackmailing users by threatening to leak intimate details. While crude compared to modern malware like Stealerium, this early case proved a chilling point: as soon as technology allowed people to share private digital content, cyber-criminals were already experimenting with turning shame into currency.
Introduction
There is a certain darkness to the evolution of cyber-crime. For decades, malicious code has been designed to extract money, identities, or secrets—but the latest mutation in this lineage of digital predation takes aim at something deeper, more primal: human shame.