clau00006Nov 291 min readEmails requesting S$67,000 in payment for deepfaked compromising photos target five ministers.Exortionate emails demanding bitcoin payments in exchange for not revealing incriminating doctored photographs were sent to five ministers.Affected are more than 100 public employees.Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, Culture, Community, and Youth Minister Edwin Tong, National Development Minister Desmond Lee, Social and Family Development Minister Masagos Zulkifli, and Prime Minister's Office Minister Maliki Osman are among the ministers impacted, according to the Ministry of Digital Development and Innovation (MDDI), The Straits Times said.Since November 26, emails containing the same images—with the exception of the victims' faces superimposed—have been distributed to over 100 public personnel from 31 government agencies.The ministries of manpower, home affairs, and education are among the impacted organizations.Additionally targeted were staff members of statutory boards, such as the Building and Construction Authority and the Singapore Tourism Board.The identical demand was made in the emails: that 50,000 Tether (USDT) cryptocurrency (S$67,000) be paid in exchange for the photos not being released.Josephine Teo, the Minister for Digital Development and Information, called the strategy "despicable" and said the most recent wave seemed to be directed at public officials, whose contact information is readily available online. Those who get such emails should not reply to the scammers or send any money, Teo stated in a Facebook post on November 28. Instead, they ought to notify the police right away about the situation.
Exortionate emails demanding bitcoin payments in exchange for not revealing incriminating doctored photographs were sent to five ministers.Affected are more than 100 public employees.Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat, Culture, Community, and Youth Minister Edwin Tong, National Development Minister Desmond Lee, Social and Family Development Minister Masagos Zulkifli, and Prime Minister's Office Minister Maliki Osman are among the ministers impacted, according to the Ministry of Digital Development and Innovation (MDDI), The Straits Times said.Since November 26, emails containing the same images—with the exception of the victims' faces superimposed—have been distributed to over 100 public personnel from 31 government agencies.The ministries of manpower, home affairs, and education are among the impacted organizations.Additionally targeted were staff members of statutory boards, such as the Building and Construction Authority and the Singapore Tourism Board.The identical demand was made in the emails: that 50,000 Tether (USDT) cryptocurrency (S$67,000) be paid in exchange for the photos not being released.Josephine Teo, the Minister for Digital Development and Information, called the strategy "despicable" and said the most recent wave seemed to be directed at public officials, whose contact information is readily available online. Those who get such emails should not reply to the scammers or send any money, Teo stated in a Facebook post on November 28. Instead, they ought to notify the police right away about the situation.
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