Man I feel dirty looking at these pics,” wrote one forum poster at Hack Forums, one of the top “aboveground” hacking discussion sites on the Internet (it now has more than 23 million total posts). The poster was referencing a 134 page thread filled with the images of female “slaves” surreptitiously snapped by hackers using the women’s own webcams. “Poor people think they are alone in their private homes, but have no idea they are the laughing stock on HackForums,” he continued. “It would be funny if one of these slaves venture into learning how to hack and comes across this thread.
Meet the men who spy on women through their webcams | Ars Technica
This is a must read about men who hack women’s computers through RATs (Remote Access Tools) to spy on them and capture their images which are then shared for others to comment and make fun of.
Click on the link which includes screen captures of the unsuspecting victims and details of how the hacks take place.
I encourage everyone to keep tape over their webcam when they’re not using it.
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