FBI Special Agent Molly Blythe highlights the growing threat of financially motivated sextortion targeting teens online. Many ...

The swiftness with which a child can be sextorted underscores why it's important to start these conversations early.

"I found that my life-loving 15-year-old son has had taken his life," Bird said. Bradyn had left a note before his death. At ...

By Emilee Fannon Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A family from central Wisconsin provided emotional testimony to lawmakers about a growing cybercrime targeting ...

Former WVIR-TV meteorologist Josh Fitzpatrick was arrested on April 22, 2025, on charges of sexual extortion and blackmail.

saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety ...

Bradyn Bohn was a freshman in high school when an online scammer blackmailed him. His death by suicide may change Wisconsin's laws on cyber crimes.

The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety discussed Assembly Bill 201, more commonly known as Bradyn’s Law.

Online extortion cases involving children have been rapidly increasing in Kentucky and nationwide, and legislation signed ...

The Stevens Point Area Public School District will team up with the Stevens Point Police Department to continue its series on ...

Everyone is invited to a community event focused on preventing and understanding sextortion, a growing threat to the safety ...

A local task force has teamed up with school resource officers to sound the alarm about “sextortion,” a crime that the FBI says is drastically increasing and was connected to at least 20 deaths by ...