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Spying software maker mSpy sells their offerings as a service package and claims to enable its customers to spy on iPhones and Android phones. It is used by ~2 million people to spy on their children, partners, exes, etc. Retrieved data is stored on mSpy's servers. Brian Krebs reports that mSpy has been hacked and their entire database of spying data (with a size of several hundred gigabytes) has been posted on the Dark Web. The trove includes Apple IDs and passwords, and the complete contents of phones including photos and emails, etc.
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Mobile Spy Software Maker mSpy Hacked, Customer Data Leaked
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F.S. Fitzgerald to Hemingway:
"Ernest, the rich are different from us."
Hemingway:
"Yes. They have more money."
(Score: 2) by Geezer on Saturday May 16 2015, @01:36PM
Why? For sale, of course. I haven't parsed their EULA legalese, but betcha a beer it says they can store whatever they can get their filthy little claws on, and regard all data as "customer" data, regardless of where said customer got it. Once in corporate hands, data becomes sellable product. It plugs right in to the Big Data business model, even if all they are is a 3rd-party feeder to Juan the ID Thief, Lizard Squad, Google, Experian, or LexisNexis (and I hold all the forgoing in the same contempt).
Since their marquee product and its customer base are downright creepy, I'll use my own favorite aphorism, "Fuck the whole lot."