Police arrest repairmen suspected of downloading photos of women showering, undressing
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This photo provided by the Fullerton (Calif.) Police Department on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 shows Trevor Harwell. Police say Harwell, a Southern California computer repairman installed spyware on laptops that enabled him to snap and download photographs of women showering and undressing in their homes. (AP Photo/Fullerton (Calif.) Police Department)
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FULLERTON, Calif. — A Southern California computer repairman suspected of installing spyware on laptops that enabled him to snap and download photographs of women showering and undressing in their homes was arrested Wednesday at his home, police said.
Police began investigating when a Fullerton resident complained about suspicious messages appearing on his daughter's computer last year. Trevor Harwell installed software that took control of computer webcams on his clients' Mac laptops, Fullerton police Sgt. Andrew Goodrich said. He was released later Wednesday after posting $50,000 bond, Goodrich said.
The software sent fake error messages telling users to "fix their internal sensor soon," and "try putting your laptop near hot steam for several minutes to clean the sensor," Goodrich said.
The error message prompted some victims to take their laptops into the bathroom with them when they showered, he said.
"Once he had access, he would take photographs of the users, usually women," Goodrich said. "Often, the female victims were undressed or changing clothes. Harwell then stored the photos on a remote server, and eventually downloaded them on his own computer."
Detectives seized hundreds of thousands of still images and videos from Harwell's computer and identified several victims, Goodrich said.
Investigators believe Harwell, a technician for Rezitech Inc., may have exploited computers connected to Biola University's internal network. Harwell, 20, is a former student at the La Mirada Christian college, where many of the victims attended.
Orange County Superior Court records show that Harwell faces 12 felony counts of computer access and fraud, The Orange County Register reported. It wasn't known Wednesday evening if Harwell had obtained an attorney.
Rezitech spokesman Travis Austin said the company took immediate action to cut off Harwell's access to their systems and data, and is cooperating with investigators.
Harwell did not commit any of the alleged offenses while working for Rezitech, Austin said.
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[quote]The software sent fake error messages telling users to "fix their internal sensor soon," and "try putting your laptop near hot steam for several minutes to clean the sensor," Goodrich said.
The error message prompted some victims to take their laptops into the bathroom with them when they showered, he said.[/quote]
:laugh:
they actually believed that?
[QUOTE=JDK721;30377942]:laugh:
they actually believed that?[/QUOTE]
Non tech-savvy people can be very, [I]very[/I] stupid.
I was expecting something along the lines of a repairman installing hidden cameras in peoples homes, not this.
wow that's just awful
[QUOTE=JDK721;30377942]:laugh:
they actually believed that?[/QUOTE]
That's pretty fucking genius.
taking amateur porn to a new level
where can i find these images
that just sick
Genius.
That's pretty damn creative, I'll give them that.
People calling him a genius are obviously not thinking, as he was caught. And he's not the first to do this.
[QUOTE=deathstarboot;30378490]People calling him a genius are obviously not thinking, as he was caught. And he's not the first to do this.[/QUOTE]
First I know of that said, ""Try putting your laptop near hot steam for several minutes to clean the sensor"
Hmmm... now I'm getting ideas...
Let's hope that perv gets what's coming to him.
[QUOTE=Collin665;30395375]First I know of that said, ""Try putting your laptop near hot steam for several minutes to clean the sensor"[/QUOTE]
Probably because he was the first person that dumb.
Disregarding the whole getting arrested part, that is one fucking clever plan!
Another reason why Non-Tech-savvy people are in real danger. This and the Geek Squad thing.
Well to be honest a lot of us download pictures of these things
I'm disturbed by the people that rated this winner
Awh man thats terribl - oh , mac customers haha thats genius !
But in all seriousness, this will put off other people using computer repair guys 'cause it's hurt the trust , at least for the people from his local area. Good job him for hurting other, genuine, repairmen that wouldn't dream of doing that shit.
"Vigorous masturbation in front of the computer will accelerate the sensor realignment process"
[QUOTE=Murkrow;30408773]"Vigorous masturbation in front of the computer will accelerate the sensor realignment process"[/QUOTE]
" Getting your baps out will download more ram "
" Naked pillow fights with girlfriends will defrag hdd and speed up system processes "
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