chinese hackers penetrated computers at u.s. steel, alcoa, westinghouse, and solar world. and allegheny technology. the stolen information invaluable. for example, by allegedly hack u.s. steel, the chinese spies learned to manufacture steel more cheaply causing world steel prices to plunge. then u.s. steel saw its profits plunge and was forced to cut production and lay off workers. there s only two kinds of corporations, big corporations in america, those who have been hacked by the chinese or those who don t yet know they ve been hacked by the chinese. the amount of theft going on is staggering. reporter: the fbi director pointed to a different case. this one showing even american homes are at risk to hackers. 100 people in 18 countries arrested for developing a malicious software called blackshades allowing them to take control of people s personal computers and spying on them through their web cameras. miss teen usa cassidy wolf was a victim, her private nude photos stolen.
gain an unfair economic advantage. the justice department said that hunch was right. the alleged hacking appears to have been conducted for no other reason than to advantage state-owned companies and other interests in china. five chinese military officials were indicted for allegedly using unauthorized access and e-mails to steal secret and sensitive information from six american companies, including u.s. steel, westinghouse electric, the aluminum giant alcoa, u.s. steelworkers union and solar world. china aggressively denied the accusations calling them ungrounded, absurd and based on fabricated facts. in new york, the fbi announced that nearly 100 people were arrested in more than a dozen countries in what it called the largest global cyber operation ever, focused on a malicious software called blackshades. the program available for just $40, allowed users to secretly peep in to people s computers and web cameras.
to real life for me as well that this person did this to me. well, young jared james abrams is actually charged officially with federal extortion charges. that enough? could there be more? and how did they find him, anyway? lori siegel joins me now and donny cevallas. first to you, who knows a lot about the internet. how did they get to him? a lot of ways. they were able to track down his ip address. his ip address, they were able to associate with him, then take it a step further, look at the e-mails, look at the correspondence. they were able to actually find him in forums asking about m malware attacks. they found him asking how to control web cameras. they had enough to actually go and arrest him. so danny, i said it, federal extortion charges. at first blush that sounds very serious, but i was waiting for
the sharks are migratory animals that move 40 or 50 miles in a day. the incidents are probably long gone in an attempt to kill the replacements. the director for a shark researcher, the australian government is hiring the helicopters to scour the waters and see what happens. thank you for your insight. there is a lot going on on her own. there were things we thought you should know. the group s founder said it is going to stop publishing and focus on raising money. they blocked handling their financial transactions and lady libertiy is getting a few more eyes. five web cameras are being attached to the torch for the 125th anniversary. internet users can view the cameras day and night. they can peek on the visitors and even get a view of this
the black giant elephant shrew hit in his habitat and refused to come out for afternoon feeding. and murphy, the zoo s komodo dragon sought shelter inside. we have no video of these animals doing these things because the web cameras set up around the zoo only stream video. we spoke to the zoo and they told us sadly they were not recording any of the streaming footage when the earthquake hit. so we have no video, but we do have these descriptions. and you know what else we have? we have people in work here in august. we also have a green screen and very little pride. we cannot promise this has any degree of accuracy, but here s what we think happened at the zoo yesterday, based on the press release. the earthquake hit the great a house and think tank exhibit during afternoon feeding time. about five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes,