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Article 1: How hackers can switch on your webcam and control your computer

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1. Description: A 14 years old boy was hacked in a game call Runescape, and he lost all the money he had invested on it, we are talking about 700 dollars. So then he starts to study the case and look for how to do the same things to other people as a signal from rematch. After some time he learn how to hack other people and he introduced in the hackers world with a software called Remote Administration Tool (RAT), this malware software consist in controlling the computer and changing settings on the web cam so he can see what people is doing.  He started to like this activity and he passed many hours per day concentrated on hacking people. He also hacked other runescape accounts and felt the satisfaction from being dominating the other people games. After some time from hacking  he was controlling approximately 1000 computers all around the world, at some time he decided to tell his parents but they don´t care about, they just tell to him to avoid stealing. And finally the only reason for the one he stop doing this activity, was because boredom.
2. Key stakeholders and IT systems:  Alex the hacker, hacked people, police and IT systems include spyware software, malware software RAT, hacked computers, webcams, and microphone on some computers.
3. Social and ethical issues: Security on the web, because too many people have their information, bank accounts, games accounts with credit card number included and every kind of paid websites. Also social networks information, where people need some privacy and if they don’t have it they could be part from criminal actions too.
4. Areas of Social Impact:  Privacy is one of the areas affected because people ´s information can be used for not incorrect things such as abductions.
5. Evaluating the impacts and conclusions: for the people who were hacked is a way to learn and know to be careful what kind of websites are they registering to, for the police is a sign that young people are able to control remote systems and enter restricted sites omitting all kinds of security keys, so they must be cautious and to people who are not involved but have heard of it is an advantage to know the technologies that are capable of organizing hackers and prevent such actions with antivirus.

Conclusions:

1. Malware software manipulated by hackers is affecting a lot of internet users.
2. Young people are the ones that most frequently work in hacking systems.
3. New and better software to counterattack hackers must be implemented or created.