Ivory D. Dickerson is a civil engineer from North Carolina who is currently serving a 110-year sentence for owning and producing child pornography. On March 17, 2009, police arrested the person they allege was his accomplice in computer hacking and extortion, Patrick Connolly. Dickerson and Connolly are alleged to have sought out underage girls, talked them into installing malware on their computers and blackmailed the girls into sending pornographic images to them.County NC News: Child molester/pornographer with hundreds of victims coped plea (December 9, 2007) ComputerWorld: Man sentenced to 110 years for hacking, extortion (December 10, 2007)

Dickerson admitted that he had conspired with another person to send emails or instant messages to underage girls, and then talk them into installing a Bifrost trojan horse onto their computers.ComputerWorld: Man sentenced to 110 years for hacking, extortion (December 10, 2007)

The malware program allowed Dickerson to take over control of the girls' computers, allowing them access to their hard drives, steal more email addresses from their computers, install other malware and send pop up messages to the girls. He then used the information stolen from the computers to blackmail the children into sending them pornographic photos.ComputerWorld: Man sentenced to 110 years for hacking, extortion (December 10, 2007)

Investigators found hundreds of thousands of pictures of children in sexually-explicit positions on Dickerson's hard drive. He also kept a video diary of himself having sex with young girls and animals.WFTV: Accusations Of Bestiality Arise In Suspect's Bond Hearing (April 16, 2007)

Dickerson's threats were specific, taking over their instant messaging, and sending messages like "Are you sure you want to drive to school tomorrow" and threatened to hurt one girl's sister if she didn't do what he wanted her to.WFTV: Accusations Of Bestiality Arise In Suspect's Bond Hearing (April 16, 2007)

When Dickerson was caught in 2007, a search of his home indicated that he had an accomplice who also blackmailed and coerced children into making pornography for him. That accomplice, authorities allege, was Patrick Connolly.Orlando Sentinel: Police say man hacked into teens' computers, demanded... (March 17, 2009)