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‘Black Mirror’ episode comes to life in alleged $66 million crypto theft attempt (gizmodo.com)
submitted 2 days ago by Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] SnoringEarthworm@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The episode is Shut Up and Dance, where a kid gets blackmailed into committing (more) crimes because a hacker had evidence of him with CSAM .

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude could've just said "the evidence is AI generated" and ignored it...

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

"they were children!!! CHILDREN!!! How- how could you."

such a classic episode