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Teen Allegedly Hijacked Facebook Pages, Demanded Nude Pics as Ransom

The Web -- even 20 years after its advent -- is still a wild, untamed beast, and we're reminded of that again by a case out of Oregon that combines social networking and extortion charges. A 16-year-old boy from Clackamas County, Ore., is accused of taking over the MySpace and Facebook pages of two young women he knew and promising to return control if they sent him nude pictures of themselves. Oregon police say the boy believed the whole thing was a prank. Authorities said otherwise. The...Full Story
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