NBC North Dakota News stopped by the Aaron`s store in Bismarck to find out if, and how, something like this could happen. Employees wouldn`t talk on camera but a source told us that the Bismarck store does indeed install a program on its leased computers, allowing higher level employees to access webcams and personal information.

Jerod Hawk owns Amega Computer Store in Bismarck. He said people don`t understand just how vulnerable they are. "People don`t realize that being connected to the internet not only taps you into everybody you want to know and talk to, it taps you into everybody you don`t want to know and talk to, too," said Hawk.

Hawk said computers don`t even have to be turned on to be hacked. "If anybody has ever worried about closing their curtains or making sure their blinds are closed at night because a person can see through their window, having a computer touching the internet, plugged into the internet, I don`t care if internet explorer is open or not, if your computer is hooked-up through wireless or through cable, you are susceptible," said Hawk.