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(May 19)\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eMore than a half-million computers in over 100 countries were infected by sophisticated malware that lets cybercriminals remotely hijack a computer and its webcam, authorities said as charges were announced Monday against nearly 100...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eMore than a half-million computers in over 100 countries were infected by sophisticated malware that lets cybercriminals remotely hijack a computer and its webcam, authorities said as charges were announced Monday against nearly 100 people worldwide.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities said 97 people suspected of using or distributing the malicious software called BlackShades have been arrested in 16 countries, including the software's owner, a 24-year-old Swedish man.\u003cbr/\u003eU.S. Attorney Preet Bharara called BlackShades a \"frightening form of cybercrime,\" saying a cybercriminal could buy a $40 malicious program whose capabilities were \"sophisticated and its invasiveness breathtaking.\" FBI Agent Leo Taddeo said people suspecting they are BlackShades victims should visit FBI.gov to learn how to check computers.\u003cbr/\u003eAuthorities said the BlackShades Remote Access Tool or \"RAT\" has been sold since 2010 to several thousand users, generating sales of more than $350,000. The agency said one of the program's co-creators is cooperating and had provided extensive information.\u003cbr/\u003eBlackShades owner, Alex Yucel, arrested in Moldova last November, is facing extradition to the United States. Michael Hogue, 23, of Maricopa, Arizona -- the program's co-creator -- had pleaded guilty in New York after his June 2012 arrest and is cooperating, Bharara said.\u003cbr/\u003eThe malware lets hackers steal personal information, intercept keystrokes and hijack webcams to secretly record computer users. BlackShades also can be used to encrypt and lock computer data files, forcing people to pay a ransom to regain access.\u003cbr/\u003eThe hacking tool's low cost has boosted its popularity across the hacker underground, where variants have long circulated online.\u003cbr/\u003eLast year, security firm Symantec said use of BlackShades was rising, with program licenses costing $40 to $100.\u003cbr/\u003eFrench officials said raids last week followed the FBI's arrest of two BlackShades developers and its distribution of a list of the malware's customers.\u003cbr/\u003eLaw enforcement coordination agencies Europol and Eurojust, based in The Hague, Netherlands, said Monday that police in 13 European countries -- Austria, Belgium, Britain, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Moldova, the Netherlands and Switzerland -- as well as in the United States, Canada and Chile raided 359 properties and seized cash, firearms, drugs and more than 1,000 data storage devices.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Paris, the state prosecutor's office said more than two dozen people were arrested during May 13 raids. It said those arrested were identified by the FBI as French \"citizens who had acquired or used this software.\"\u003cbr/\u003eIn a previous BlackShades-related investigation, Dutch police this year arrested an 18-year-old man for using the malware to take pictures of women and girls within view of webcams on about 2,000 computers.\u003cbr/\u003eA Southern California man who was sentenced in March to prison for hacking the computers of a future Miss Teen USA and other young women was not part of the case. Although authorities say that he had BlackShades on his computer, but that it wasn't clear whether he used it or another program.\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, New York - May 16, 2014\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid pan: Bharara approaching podium\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English): Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney General Southern District of New York: \"We're announcing another global law enforcement operation that has exposed and crippled a frightening form of cyber crime affecting hundreds of thousands of computer users around the world. It is a pernicious piece of software developed and sold by an organization known as BlackShades.\"\u003cbr/\u003e3. Zoom out: Bharara speaking at podium\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English): Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney General Southern District of New York: \"BlackShades flagship product was a software known as the 'remotes access tool' or 'RAT' for short. The RAT is inexpensive, and simple to use, but its capabilities are sophisticated and its invasiveness breath-taking.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. Zoom in: Bharara speaking at podium\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English): Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney General Southern District of New York: \"Once installed on a victim's computer, the BlackShades RAT allowed its users to secretly and remotely gain access to everything on a victim's computer, including private photographs, and documents, and even passwords to online accounts.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Mid: signage showing BlackShades network\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English): Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney General Southern District of New York: \"Perhaps most disturbing, and taking the meaning of spyware to a new and more personal level, it even gave users the ability to activate a computer's camera to spy on a person in the victim's own home.\"\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide: Bharara speaking at podium\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE: (English): Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney General Southern District of New York: \"Our investigation revealed that over the past 4 years, the BlackShades RAT was purchased by users in over 100 countries, infecting over half a million computers. Our actions announced today takes significant steps towards shutting down this threat and bringing those responsible to justice.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide pan: press conference \u003cbr/\u003e12.  SOUNDBITE: (English): Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney General Southern District of New York: \"We have charged three key members of the BlachShades organization, as well as two cyber criminals in the New York area, who purchased the software and used it to victimize hundreds of innocent people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Zoom in: Bharara speaking at podium\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English): Leo Taddeo, Special Agent FBI: \"Combatting cyber crime is a top priority for the FBI. The charges unsealed today should put cyber criminals around the world on notice. If you think you can hide behind you computer screen, think again.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. 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