Extortion Space News Today

For tens of thousands of dollars. >> reporter: cbs news learned of a growing criminal enterprise where victims around the country say they were threatened for their social media handles, some like herring, by cyber criminals calling in fake emergencies. its a tactic called "swatting." >> swatting is a more prevalent scheme were seeing in this type of online extortion space. >> reporter: kenneth polite leads the u.s. justices criminal division. he told us there are currently no federal laws that ...