A hacker who tracks online child predators describes a fast-growing problem: satanic cult groups extorting kids on Roblox, Discord, and mental health forums into self-harm and worse. Bad news for parents, kids, and anyone who thinks the internet is safe.

• Almost every American's Social Security number leaked in the 2024 National Public Data breach, making identity theft and account takeover trivial.
• Facial recognition tools can now identify anyone from a partial photo — a wedding shot, a school sports game — and there is no good way to hide.
• Satanic groups like "764" lure vulnerable kids on Roblox and mental health chats, groom them, get nudes, then blackmail them into cutting cult names into their bodies, harming pets, or killing themselves.
• Members must commit "proof of crime" to join — including filmed murders of homeless people and elderly women. The FBI has 450 active cases but only around 35 arrests in years.
• Roblox, the biggest kids' platform on earth, has banned vigilantes who exposed predators on the site and reportedly does not allow law enforcement to run investigations there.

Outlook: Without major changes at Roblox and far more parental awareness, these satanic extortion rings will keep growing and more kids will be harmed or driven to suicide.