"Teens Committing Scary Cybercrimes: What's Behind the Trend?"

The rise in teens committing cybercrimes on a large scale and causing real harm in the process should not be ignored. For example, a 17-year-old from California is accused of carrying out hundreds of swattings and bomb threats against a variety of targets, including mosques, FBI offices, and historically Black colleges. Wizz, a teen dating app, was removed from the Google Play and Apple stores in late January after it was discovered that cybercriminals were using the app to lure kids into participating in and becoming victims of "financial sextortion." Sarah Jones, a cyber threat research analyst at Critical Start, says that curiosity, isolation, financial pressure, misguided idealism, and peer pressure can all play a role in luring teens into cybercrime. This article continues to discuss what's driving teens into committing cybercrimes.

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