Our Charity’s Impact

What We Can Help With

• Online Harassment and Cyberbullying: Persistent harassment, intimidation, or threats directed towards individuals online, often via social media platforms or messaging apps.

• Cyberstalking: The use of electronic communication to repeatedly harass or follow someone, causing fear or distress, often involving tracking their online activities or physical movements.

• Intimate Image Abuse (Revenge Porn): The unauthorised distribution or sharing of intimate or explicit images or videos of individuals without their consent, typically with the intent to embarrass, humiliate, or coerce them.

• Sextortion (Extortion or Blackmail Using Intimate Images): Coercive tactics involving the threat to distribute compromising images or videos obtained through webcam interactions unless the victim complies with the perpetrator's demands, usually monetary or sexual in nature.

• Content for Ransom: Holding digital content or data hostage by encrypting or blocking access to it until a ransom is paid, commonly associated with ransomware attacks.

• Identity Theft (Fake Profiles): The fraudulent use of someone else's personal information, such as name, photos, or other details, to create fake online profiles for deceptive purposes, often for financial gain or to tarnish the victim's reputation.

• Hacked Social Media: Unauthorised access to and manipulation of social media accounts, often resulting in the dissemination of false information, spamming, or identity theft.

• Hacked Accounts (Email, Gaming, Banks, Virtual Currency): Unauthorised access to various online accounts, including email, gaming platforms, banking services, and virtual currency wallets, often leading to financial loss or data breaches.

• Banking or Virtual Currency Scams: Deceptive schemes targeting individuals' financial accounts or virtual currency holdings, aiming to trick victims into providing sensitive information or transferring funds to fraudulent entities.

• Other Cybercrimes: A broad category encompassing various forms of illegal activities conducted through digital means, including phishing scams, malware distribution, online fraud, hacked wifi, and more.

About The Cyber Helpline

The Cyber Helpline is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting victims of cybercrime. We help you understand what's happened, recover from the attack, and protect yourself in the future—so it doesn't happen again.

Our charity exists thanks to the dedication of an expert team of volunteer cybersecurity professionals, who provide free, confidential support to anyone affected by online crime across the United Kingdom.

Our vision is to create a world where cybercriminals don't win, and everyone can navigate the digital world safely and confidently.