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EX-OFFICIAL SAYS FBI CAN SECRETLY ACTIVATE AN INDIVIDUAL’S WEBCAM WITHOUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT TURNING ON

The FBI can secretly activate a computer’s webcam to spy on an individual without turning on the indicator light, a former official revealed to the Washington Post in an article published Friday. According to the Washington Post’s account of what Marcus Thomas — former assistant director of the FBI’s Operational Technology Division in Quantico — said, “The FBI has […]

Smart TV’s Webcams Are Easily Hacked

Las Vegas Fox 5 does a report on Smart TV’s lack of security. They interview Leon Mare a forensic expert that identifies how Smart TV’s can be hacked. Additionally, they interview Ken Colburn from data Doctors about Smart TV Webcam Hacking.   The only way to protect yourself from Webcam Hacking is with a Webcam […]

SoCal Teen Pleads Guilty in Miss Teen USA ‘sextortion’ Case

A Southern California teenager on Tuesday pleaded guilty to hacking the computers of Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf and other women, and secretly photographing them with their own webcams. Nineteen-year-old Jared James Abrahams of Temecula entered his in federal court in Orange County. Abrahams, a computer science student, now faces up to 11 years in […]

Celeb Hacker Apologizes to Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis and Other Celeb Victims

The guy behind the highly publicized phone-hacking scandal is very, very sorry. Accused hacker Christopher Chaney offered a mea culpa Wednesday to stars like Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis, saying he had become “addicted” to breaking into the cell phones of stars and posting online nude photos of them and other personal information and did […]