A data breach at the phone surveillance operation mSpy has exposed millions of its customers who bought access to the phone spyware app over the past decade.
mSpy is a phone surveillance app that promotes itself as a way to track children or monitor employees. Like most spyware, it is also widely used to monitor people without their consent. These kinds of apps are also known as “stalkerware” because people in romantic relationships often use them to surveil their partner without consent or permission.
Some of the leaked data included emails and messages requests for customer support from several senior-ranking U.S. military personnel, a serving U.S. federal appeals court judge, a U.S. government department’s watchdog, and an Arkansas county sheriff’s office seeking a free license to trial the app.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/11/mspy-spyware-millions-customers-data-breach/