Hacker Arrested for Schoolgirls Webcam Spying
I spy with my little eye...
Ever feel paranoid that your laptop webcam could be enabled, with someone able to remotely watch you? That's what one German man did. He used software to access the webcams of more than more than 150 schoolgirls, spying on them in private places such as their bedrooms.
According to the Local, a hacker from the Rhineland area is suspected of having infected girls' computers with a trojan sent via the chat program ICQ. The hacker first infected one of the girls and then used her ICQ list to send the trojan to her friends' computers.
When authorities arrived at the man's home, they found several live feeds from the girls' bedrooms being streamed to his computer. The reports say that that the webcam light was enabled on the girls' computers, which lead them to suspect something was amiss.
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What a pervert!
lmao the webcam light was on? "Something MAY be wrong here..."
Yea okay.......
People still use ICQ?
I'm glad that they caught the sick bastard...
lol horrible but kinda funny, the joys of tech nowadays!!!
Why are "The Local" Watching the girls webcam lights? who's going to arrest them?! ;p
People still use ICQ?
My thoughts exactly...
If you still use ICQ, then you are way behind in tech and so no surprise if you get hacked.
how stupid can you be,to do somting like this and not at list try to cover your tracks somehow, don't just be a pervert ,be a smart pervert -
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I know many people that got in the same situation of those girls. Its not a pretty sight
Its not a pretty sight
Depends on the girl right?
Now he can have fun in jail where Big Bubba can watch him get dressed and what not...
If you still use ICQ, then you are way behind in tech and so no surprise if you get hacked.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is a prime example of victim blaming.
ICQ is still huge overseas
Pics or it didn't happen!
I haven't used ICQ in 10 years, but for some reason I still remember my number.
Too bad he wasn't employed by a school. He would have gotten a pass.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10457126-71.html
This man is a pervert, but the girl is stupid beyond imagination. Webcam's have a light that goes on when it's active, don't they know that?
Most crimes would be prevented if people would just have the common sense to notice things like this...
But then again, Justin Bieber loving, chattering teenage girls are hardly an intelligent species.
@silmarunya,
Did you read the article? The light being on is how they knew something was wrong and is the reason he got caught. Your comments says much more about you than "chattering teenage girls"
That why I pull the USB plug that conects my webcam out of my PC everytime I'm not using a webcam.
Too bad he wasn't employed by a school. He would have gotten a pass.http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10457126-71.html
Schools like that that issue laptops to students will have to stop if that family wins the law suit, it will represent to much liability. People wonder why we have an antiquated and uninspired education system.
[q]That why I pull the USB plug that conects my webcam out of my PC everytime I'm not using a webcam.[/q]
Yes, thats why we all pitched in for that Teddy Bear cam in your room. Are you REALLY going to wear that out?
Hmmm... the webcam light is on. Hmmm... the censor is panning and following my every move. Bah, it must be nothing, let's undress!
ICQ is still around?
The only successful hacking of a webcam without the use of malware was on a mac... and the guy even got into the kernal code to turn the light off.
[q]That why I pull the USB plug that conects my webcam out of my PC everytime I'm not using a webcam.[/q]Yes, thats why we all pitched in for that Teddy Bear cam in your room. Are you REALLY going to wear that out?
I'm just saying unplug your webcam tobe safer.
I still use ICQ, well really Pidgin to access my ICQ account... but I don't have any other im accounts so... is there a point to using something else? I mean besides Skype which can do video that is.
Turn the camera facing the wall. Many cameras rotate nowadays right?
i always keep my webcam facing the back of my desk when not in use. my dad keeps duct tape over his laptop's cam..
Its funny cuz those trojans existed for years and people just realized it now. Nothing new, move along
It's kind of remind me of the spying-student school deal, but still this is was nasty-ass sick!!! I never use the icq cuz i never knew of it's existence. As for that idiot: Shinu, Kono Hentai!! This incident tells me that when someone has a webcam, there is always a pervert or an ID Thief waiting on the other end to hack you're pc and control you're webcam. Since i never use one, i should be careful when i plug my old one, especially when my pc is not connected to the net
I just use trillian. I keep my ICQ on there since I have a large group of friends in various networks from over the years. Its nice to connect with a few of them every so often.