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== Notable cases == In 2013, an incident involving camfecting on iSight cameras integrated on MacBooks had been reported internationally.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/12/18/research-shows-how-macbook-webcams-can-spy-on-their-users-without-warning/</ref><ref>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/12/19/apple_isight_webcam_led_hack/</ref><ref>http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-News-Notebooks-Apple-Sicherheitsluecke-iSight-Kamera-9091874.html</ref><ref>https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/researchers-hack-webcam-while-disabling-warning-lights/</ref><ref>https://thejournal.com/articles/2014/01/08/macbook-webcams-vulnerable-to-peek-hacking.aspx</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/dec/19/mobile-internet-scale</ref> The incident became known as iSeeYou. The researchers' decision to study webcam indicator lights resulted from the widely reported WebcamGate case, in which a remote access tool installed on school-issued laptops took photographs of unconsenting students.<ref>https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2428635,00.asp</ref><ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/macbook-webcam-spy-hack-2013-12?IR=T</ref> In November 2013, American teenager Jared James Abrahams pleaded guilty to hacking over 100-150 women and installing the highly invasive malware Blackshades on their computers in order to obtain nude images and videos of them. One of his victims was Miss Teen USA 2013 Cassidy Wolf.<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/jared-james-abrahams-gets-18-months-in-prison-2014-3</ref>
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