“Pay up or we share the tapes”: Hackers target massage parlour clients in blackmail scheme

South Korean police have uncovered a hacking operation that stole sensitive data from massage parlours and blackmailed their male clientele.

According to local media reports, the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency believes that 15 people were involved in a criminal scheme that saw the owners of massage parlours tricked into installing apps that claimed to offer business services – but actually helped hackers steal the private details of customers.

Customers’ names, phone numbers, call log