A university student has
revealed how she was spied on by hackers while she was in the bath. English student Rachel Hyndman was using her
laptop to watch a DVD in her bathroom when she noticed her webcam suddenly
turned itself on.
Miss Hyndman, 20, from
Glasgow, said: 'I was in the bath, trying to relax, and then programs on my
computer came on like a ghost was using it. I couldn't regain control of it.
'It was terrifying to
think people had been looking at me without me knowing. I wondered how often
they had done it without me realizing. The thought someone had access to me in
this private moment is horrifying.'
Miss Hyndman, who also
works in a computer shop, said she considered going to the police but feared
they would laugh at her.
Called 'ratting',
hackers can send out an internet virus that allows them access to a person's
desktop computer or laptop without their knowledge. They can then switch on the webcam – built in
to most new computers – and watch people in the privacy of their living rooms
and bedrooms without them realizing they are being closely observed.
A webcam is a video
camera that feeds images in 'real time' to another computer, computer network
or the internet.
A BBC Radio 5 Live
investigation found the illegal practice is now so prevalent there is even a
profitable underground market selling the ability to watch victims, who are
dubbed 'slaves', for a few pounds.
More worryingly, pedophiles
are using the technique to target youngsters – mainly girls – who have
computers in their bedrooms.
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