The FBI is warning the public about a large international cybercrime ring called “The Community,” or “The Com” for short, that targets teens and young adults as both victims and recruits.

From October 2024 to March 2025, the FBI reported a 30% increase in sextortion-related tips submitted to their National Threat Operations Center, according to the press release. Additionally, the ...

Reports of financially motivated sextortion involving minors increased at least 20% from October 2022 to March 2023 relative to the same six-month period the prior year, the FBI said in January.

‘Sextortion’ ring targeting thousands of minors worldwide was just disrupted by the FBI, officials say Courtesy Pauline Stuart via CNN Newsource Ryan Last died by suicide in 2022.

It’s a crime the FBI defines as coercing or threatening someone to send explicit images online. The agency is seeing more minors being exploited in this way.

The FBI’s Alaska field office said that there has been an increase of “sextortion attempts” of adults coercing minors online within Alaska. The FBI said that the adults are attempting to ...

Retired FBI agent Tom Simon said, “Sextortion isn’t just about images. It’s about control. Offenders weaponize shame, fear and isolation.” ...

The FBI’s Alaska field office said that there has been an increase of “sextortion attempts” of adults coercing minors online within Alaska. The FBI said that the adults are attempting to ...

Sextortion is a scheme where victims, including minors, are deceived into sending online perpetrators explicit images, and then blackmailed in exchange for money or the continued production of ...

‘Sextortion’ ring targeting thousands of minors worldwide was just disrupted by the FBI, officials say By CNN Newsource Published May 15, 2025 4:16 PM ...