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Nova Scotia MLA Rick Burns Says He Was a Victim of Blackmail
Hackers extorted Nova Scotia MLA Rick Burns and released intimate images after payment refusal, prompting a police investigation into this violation of privacy and political blackmail.
- On Wednesday, Nova Scotia MLA Rick Burns, who represents Hammonds Plains-Lucasville, announced he and his wife are victims of blackmail after hackers released intimate images from his personal devices.
- "Criminals hacked my email, the hackers requested money and my family refused payment," Burns said, adding hackers accessed his files and shared private videos as punishment for refusing.
- Police are investigating the incident, which Burns described as a "gross violation of our privacy and is completely unacceptable," emphasizing "no politician's wife deserves to be targeted."
- Premier Tim Houston said he is "deeply troubled" by the attack, stating, "No one should ever be subjected to this kind of violation," and condemning the extortion attempt.
- Houston warned that criminals targeting public officials "shake the very core of our democracy," as such blackmail attempts attempt to compromise representatives Nova Scotians have chosen.
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Nova Scotia MLA says online blackmailers targeted him, shared intimate images
A provincial politician says he and his wife were victimized by online hackers in a blackmail scheme this week. In a statement released by the Progressive Conservative party, Hammonds Plains-Lucasville PC MLA Rick Burns said hackers accessed his email and requested money, which the family refused to pay. “Because we refused payment, the hackers accessed files on my devices. As punishment, personal images and videos of my wife and I were acc…
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N.S. MLA says hackers released images of him and his wife after blackmail attempt
HALIFAX - A member of the Nova Scotia legislature says hackers have released personal images of him and his wife after he refused to provide payment in a blackmail attempt.
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