Stalkerware is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
Bryan Fleming, founder of pcTattletale, avoids jail after pleading guilty to hacking and advertising spyware, receiving time served and a $5,000 fine as the first U.S. prosecution of a spyware maker in over a decade.
Hacktivist leak exposes emails and partial card data of over 500,000 stalkerware customers.
TechCrunch notes at least 27 stalkerware vendors have been hacked or leaked since 2017, underscoring serious data-security risks in this category.
pcTattletale founder Bryan Fleming pleaded guilty to federal charges related to running the stalkerware company, now defunct in Michigan.
FTC upholds 2021 ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman, denying his bid to vacate, with the ban preventing him from offering or advertising surveillance apps and requiring data deletion, audits, and cybersecurity practices amid a tied 2018 data breach.
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