nsane.forums Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 A man tricked unsuspecting women into installing malware that allowed him to control their webcams and microphones. Using this, he obtained nude photos of the victims. While groups like Anonymous hack sites to steal data and publicly embarrass companies, some people use their talents to spy on and blackmail their victims. Luis Mijangos falls into the second category, and today he was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in writing malware that allowed him to secretly use the webcams and microphones of his victims' computers. According to IT World, Mijangos is a paraplegic who created websites from his home. When not taking on freelance work he wrote trojans and tricked users into installing them, frequently making them appear as videos that the victim would want to watch. Court filings indicated that he, "read victims' e-mails and IMs, watched them through their webcams, and listened to them through the microphones on their computers." He managed to trick one user into thinking that he was her boyfriend and convinced her to send nude photos to him. Once he had the photos, he took things one step further and began to blackmail her into sending him more photos. These types of attacks are growing in popularity and have been dubbed "sextortion." In January we reported that a California man was using personal details provided by Facebook in order to change the email passwords of his victims. From there he would search for nude photos and then forward them to everyone in the address book. These "spear phishing" attacks are difficult to protect against and are a growing concern on the Internet. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosticles Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 after reading that (even though im a man) im glad my webcam is unplugged XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avmad Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Sounds fun ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Sending a para to prison for 6 years is pretty damn harsh. They must not realize how much it's gonna cost them to provide for his daily needs...medical and otherwise. They'd take one look at my needs and expenses as a quad and suddenly realize they bit off waaay more than they can chew. One screw up and they'd get sued so fast their head would spin. House arrest is really the only feasible/practical way to go in a case like that. Six years for voyeurism is pretty steep no matter what the circumstance imo. :mellow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 id like to know how old these "girls" are. maybe if there was more information on that aspect. maybe 6 years isn't enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxhedroom Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 True that...if they are referring to minors, they should double it imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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