HOW HACKERS CAN SWITHC ON YOUR WEBCAM AND CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER

How hackers can switch on your webcam and control your computer

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In this article you can see how much ability young kids have using technology. A 14 year old got RATed (RAT is a spyware virus that can access in a computer and can even control de web cam) when all of his money in a game called Runscape got stolen. After that he wanted to learn how to use this software, and after a while he became a real expert in using it and was able to get inside many different computers. He was able to see everything they typed, saw or even did.

The IT system involved in this situation is the RAT virus, but what is a RAT? This virus is a spyware that can get into a computer by just pressing a simple link or other things. It has a direct impact on every single person that has a computer because now their security is compromised.

Apart from security, the privacy of the users at stake is compromised. If anyone gets RATed they will have no privacy at all since the hacker will be able to watch every move they make. Also their security will be at risk because if the hacker wants to abduct them or do anything to the user with the RAT it will be relatively easy.

All of the issues described above have a legal impact on the society, since it is illegal to spy on somebody or get inside their private property. Also it has an economic impact because with the information the people have on their computers hackers could steal money or something else from the owner of the computer.

Because of all of these reasons this impacts are very serious. If the virus expands it can affect a wide area and can cause a lot of damages. Another thing that it is alarming is the fact that a child was able to use it. We need to educate children in technology since they are young in order for these kind of things to stop.

After analyzing this we can conclude that parents and teachers are kind of responsible for this situation. Parents and teachers need to educate children so they won’t do bad stuff with technology. It’s also fault of the ones who design the virus in first place, but in order to stop people to create software like this we have to educate the upcoming generations so that they will be conscious of their acts.