BBC Radio 5 live investigation uncovers webcam-hacking black markets. Black markets for selling access to compromised computers are “thriving,” webcam hackers say. Hackers gain access to their victims computers with remote-access Trojans (RATs) RATs are malware that gives an intruder administrative control over its targeted computers, including, in this case, the ability to remotely control webcams. A BBC producer posed online as a computer security enthusiast in order to contact webcam hackers from around the world.”]

