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Miss Teen United States of America hacker pleads guilty to 'sextortion' threats

A US teenager has pleaded guilty to hacking into the computers of young women, using their webcams to take photos, and then threatening the victims with blackmail.

Prosecutors had accused Jared James Abrahams of carrying out the attacks over a two-year period.

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