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Police Arrest Webcam Hacker Who Secretly Recorded People

 

As part of operation Tic-Tac, Spanish Civil Guard units arrested a man who allegedly wrote a trojan horse program that allowed one remote access to another's computer. Police say he was snooping on people through their webcams as they busted in.

The trojan horse is said to have had a keystroke logger and police say the trojan is "highly sophisticated." Thousands of users in multiple countries are said to be affected. There are no antivirus programs to find the trojan.

A resident of Alicante, Spain alerted police after having a computer problem, and a Spanish antivirus company assisted in finding the suspect. Police say "We believe he is guilty. We found a mountain of evidence."

 
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  This..  
 
This kind of thing goes on everyday.
 
 by: f3nd3r   01/20/2005 10:29 AM     
  so  
 
he had something wrong with his pc and called the police?,lol when i have something wrong with my pc i try to fix it failing that i get someone todo it for me.
 
 by: Gatsby   01/20/2005 02:34 PM     
  damn  
 
Where can I get a copy of this guys work?
For research of course ;)
 
 by: retox   01/20/2005 07:10 PM     
  Dam  
 
Dam I thought my webcam was acting fishy lately, Actually this isnt the first case in such a trojan horse, Back Orifice also has the ability to work ones webcam and microphone...
 
 by: rgeiner   01/21/2005 12:03 AM     
  anyone can make this  
 
the sources to do this are diverse on the internet, with concise examples.
 
 by: Viper X   01/21/2005 05:17 PM     
  @Viper X  
 
Yea but I'd probably get about 56 viruses before I found any real info. I'd estimate most of the people that are infected with BO, etc are people trying to infect other people :)

Add to that the fact I know absolutely nothing about TCP/IP or whatever the hell it is ;)
 
 by: retox   01/21/2005 06:42 PM     
  @retox  
 
And for that internet using women everywhere sleep easier. :P

But really Viper X is right, there are tons of virii out there that can use webcams, after the first one it became a near standard add-in. A simple tutorial on TCP/IP is all it takes to learn to use them so really this isn't a big deal, it happens all the time, people just rarely know how to catch the culprit.
 
 by: blarge1234567890   01/26/2005 01:35 AM     
 
 
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