When the spyer becomes the spyee? TechBuzz reports:
A hacktivist just turned the tables on half a million people who paid to spy on others. More than 536,000 payment records from customers of phone surveillance apps like uMobix, Xnspy, and Geofinder hit the open web this week, exposing email addresses and partial card numbers of people who bought access to stalk spouses, partners, and family members. The breach highlights how stalkerware vendors – companies that profit from illegal surveillance – can’t even secure their own customer data.
The surveillance industry just got surveilled. A hacktivist going by ‘wikkid’ published more than 536,000 customer payment records from a network of stalkerware apps, exposing the people who paid to spy on others through phone tracking and social media monitoring services.
The leaked data comes from Struktura, a Ukrainian company operating behind the U.K.-facing brand Ersten Group.
Read more at TechBuzz. The breach was first reported at TechCrunch.
