Speaking of UpChuck, I saw this on the BBC early this morning and it made me think of his proposed extortion/business model:

US embassy worker in London accused of ‘sextortion’

Michael C Ford, who has lived in the UK since 2006, was arrested last week while visiting family in Atlanta.

Prosecutors say Mr Ford hacked accounts of women to obtain sexually explicit images of them.

The US State Department says he is no longer working at the embassy.

Mr Ford threatened his victims with the stolen images, demanding that they shoot videos of other women undressing, prosecutors said.

“I want you to record videos of sexy girls changing. In gyms, clothing stores, pools… You do that, and I disappear,” he wrote to one victim, according to the court documents.

When the victim did not comply, prosecutors said he wrote a follow-up email. “OK, time’s up. Everything I have will be posted online and sent to your friends. Pictures, name, phone number, home address… I gave you a chance and you blew it!” it read. […]