iSeeYou is a security bug affecting iSight cameras in some Apple laptops.
[1] The researchers' decision to study webcam indicator lights resulted from the widely reported WebcamGate case, in which a remote access tool installed on school-issued laptops took photographs of unconsenting students.
[5][6][7][8][9][10] This vulnerability was used in the extortion of Miss Teen USA, Cassidy Wolf, when she received emails containing nude photos of herself, taken without her knowledge, from an unknown man.
[11] The FBI arrested Jared Abrahams in relation to this crime as well as the sextortion of other female victims.
[12] Journalists observed that Apple had sold their laptops as having a "hardware interlock" that was supposed to prevent such an attack,[6][13][14] and called on Apple to implement hardware switches or other strong privacy protections.