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FTC Orders Spyware Vendor to Stop Business
In a rare move, the FTC ordered SpyFone and its CEO to stop its surveillance business operations.
In a First, FTC Bans Company From Selling ‘Stalkerware’
The FTC’s move comes after Motherboard revealed a hacker had repeatedly breached Retina-X and gained access to sensitive user data.
Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers
Nearly a year after Motherboard reported the data breaches of two spyware companies, another hacker has independently targeted two more.
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A Hacker Has Wiped a Spyware Company’s Servers—Again
"I don't want to live in a world where younger generations grow up without privacy."
A Week Later, Hacked Spyware Vendors Haven't Warned Their 130,000 Customers
An alleged email apparently shows one employee explicitly telling staff not to warn customers the company was hacked.
Inside the 'Stalkerware' Surveillance Market, Where Ordinary People Tap Each Other's Phones
Surveillance starts at home.
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