Cybercrime Terminology

noun a person who conspires with others to commit an illegal or wrongful act

• The coconspirator was found guilty of participating in the criminal scheme.
• They caught the coconspirator red-handed during the heist.
• The coconspirator was in cahoots with the main suspect.
• She felt like a coconspirator in their plan to overthrow the company.

noun a portmanteau of 'sex' and 'extortion', referring to the act of coercing someone into providing sexual images or favors through the threat of revealing compromising information

• The perpetrator was charged with sextortion after threatening to release explicit photos of the victim.
• I can't believe someone tried to sextort my friend, that's so messed up.
• Watch out for those online creeps trying to pull off a sextortion scam.
• The hackers held the company's data for ransom, engaging in a form of digital sextortion.

noun the illegal buying and selling of stolen goods online

• E-fencing refers to the illegal online selling of stolen goods.
• Hey, have you heard about e-fencing? It's when people sell stolen stuff online.
• Some shady characters are into e-fencing, selling stolen goods on the internet.
• In the digital age, e-fencing has become a lucrative underground business for criminals.