19-year-old YouTuber blackmailed via webcam sextortion scam eight years ago leading to video leak

Summary

Horse King, a YouTuber with 1.65 million subscribers, revealed he was a victim of a webcam sextortion scam eight years ago. He was lured into a sexually explicit video chat under the pretense of an underwear modeling job. During the call, a person posing as a female manager complimented him, leading him to undress and perform a sexual act on camera, which was secretly recorded. The person turned out to be a man pretending to be a woman, and Horse King was later blackmailed with the footage. The video was recently leaked, and he stated it is difficult to track the original perpetrator. Horse King spoke about the incident publicly during a livestream on May 7, 2025, and Korea's National Office of Cyber Investigation urged victims to report such crimes.