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Miss Teen USA webcam hacker is charged | |
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A 19-year-old student has been charged with hacking Miss Teen USA's webcam. | A 19-year-old student has been charged with hacking Miss Teen USA's webcam. |
Jader James Abrahams is charged with trying to blackmail Cassidy Wolf into sending him nude photos. | Jader James Abrahams is charged with trying to blackmail Cassidy Wolf into sending him nude photos. |
He surrendered to FBI agents and faces up to two years in prison, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. | He surrendered to FBI agents and faces up to two years in prison, said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. |
Last month, Ms Wolf told NBC's Today show that she had received an anonymous email in which the sender claimed to have stolen images from the beauty queen's computer camera. | Last month, Ms Wolf told NBC's Today show that she had received an anonymous email in which the sender claimed to have stolen images from the beauty queen's computer camera. |
The sender of the email threatened to make the images public unless she would provide nude pictures of herself, Eimiller said. | The sender of the email threatened to make the images public unless she would provide nude pictures of herself, Eimiller said. |
Ms Wolf, 19, was crowned Miss Teen USA in August. | Ms Wolf, 19, was crowned Miss Teen USA in August. |
Abrahams is accused of using malicious software to remotely operate webcams to get nude photos and videos of at least seven women as they changed clothes. | Abrahams is accused of using malicious software to remotely operate webcams to get nude photos and videos of at least seven women as they changed clothes. |
Some of these women he knew personally and others he found by hacking Facebook pages. | Some of these women he knew personally and others he found by hacking Facebook pages. |
The agent who interviewed him claims that Abrahams admitted to controlling 30 to 40 hacked computers and extorting some women. | The agent who interviewed him claims that Abrahams admitted to controlling 30 to 40 hacked computers and extorting some women. |
Abrahams is studying computer science at university. He is currently on bail and only allowed to use his computer, which is being monitored, for coursework. | Abrahams is studying computer science at university. He is currently on bail and only allowed to use his computer, which is being monitored, for coursework. |
After getting the nude pictures he would send emails threatening to post them on their hacked social media accounts unless they either sent him more nude photos, a nude video, or logged onto Skype and followed his orders for five minutes. | After getting the nude pictures he would send emails threatening to post them on their hacked social media accounts unless they either sent him more nude photos, a nude video, or logged onto Skype and followed his orders for five minutes. |
Court records say that one teenager in Ireland wrote back: "Please remember I'm 17. Have a heart." | Court records say that one teenager in Ireland wrote back: "Please remember I'm 17. Have a heart." |
They claim Abrahams responded: "I'll tell you this right now! I do not have a heart. However, I do stick to my deals. Also age doesn't mean a thing to me!" | They claim Abrahams responded: "I'll tell you this right now! I do not have a heart. However, I do stick to my deals. Also age doesn't mean a thing to me!" |
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