A 20-year-old computer technician working as a Mac repairman was arrested by police in southern California on Wednesday for allegedly installing spyware on laptops that he fixed, thereby enabling him to gain control of the computer’s webcam and remotely take photos of women in various states of undress.
According to a report in the LA Times, Trevor Harwell worked for a computer company called Rezitech Ltd and helped people in Los Angeles and Orange County homes who were having problems with a Mac computer.
“While he had physical access to the computers, he would install a spyware-type application that allowed him remote access to the user’s computer and webcam,” Fullerton police sergeant Andrew Goodrich said in the LA Times. He continued: “Once he had access, he would take photographs of the users, usually women. Often, the female victims were undressed or changing clothes.”
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