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A new security flaw in TheTruthSpy phone spyware is putting victims at risk
Exclusive: Hackers can take over the accounts of TheTruthSpy spyware customers, putting their victims' private phone data at risk thanks to a new security flaw.
These surveillance apps not only facilitate illegal spying, often by abusive romantic partners, but they also have shoddy security practices that expose the personal data of both victims and perpetrators. As part of an investigation into the stalkerware industry in 2021, TechCrunch found that TheTruthSpy had a security bug that was exposing the private data of its 400,000 victims to anyone on the internet. The scheme allowed TheTruthSpy to funnel millions of dollars of illicit customer payments into bank accounts around the world controlled by its operators.
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