My renter started getting calls from people on the sex part of Craig’s list. She found that a intimate photo of herself had been hacked from her computer and posted in an personal ad asking for sex encounters.
Her electricity and also her boyfriend’s was also turned off due to a online instruction to the energy company that serviced their homes. I got involved because the electricity was in my name and a penalty for cancellation was imposed on me.
Turned out that the culprit was the new wife of her ex-husband. They were embroiled in a bitter divorce settlement and the husband wasn’t fulfilling the court agreement on payments to her. He had my renter’s computer address and all the passwords. That couple now lives in Florida so this was interstate commerce they were doing.
Neither the police or the FBI wanted to get involved. Too small, too tough to prove up.
I suspect this type of thing happens more than we think but doesn’t get paid much attention.
"Fine. I'll handle it myself."