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Report: Best Buy employee claims online extortion tied to repeated shoplifting by suspects

The employee admitted to letting customers steal $40,734 worth of merchandise after receiving blackmail threats from a hacker group, according to Savannah police.

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A 20-year-old Best Buy employee in Georgia says a "hacker group" threatened to release nude pictures of him if he didn't let them steal from the store.

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Did Hackers Blackmail a Best Buy Employee Into Facilitating a PS5 Shoplifting Spree?

A 20-year-old Best Buy worker says hackers threatened to leak nudes unless he let a group steal $40,000 worth of merchandise from a store in Savannah. Local police appear skeptical.

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Report: Best Buy employee claims online extortion tied to repeated shoplifting by suspects

A 20-year-old Best Buy employee in Georgia says a "hacker group" threatened to release nude pictures of him if he didn't let them steal from the store.

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Savannah Best Buy employee says 'hacker group' blackmailed him into theft ring scheme

A Best Buy employee in Savannah is accused of letting customers walk out with more than $40,000 in unpaid merchandise.

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WJCL broke the news in on Monday, January 26, 2026.
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