In 2020, a US court sentenced a Russian hacker to 12 years in prison for using malware to access the webcams of US citizens and extort sensitive information.
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Webcam hacking is a serious issue, and law enforcement agencies around the world are taking it more seriously every day. In 2014, a group of Chinese hackers used malware to access the webcams of over 200,000 computers, including those belonging to journalists, activists, and ordinary citizens.