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Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach
The trio of spyware apps — hacked earlier this year — no longer work.
Consumer-grade phone surveillance operations are known to shut down (or rebrand entirely) following a hack or data breach, typically in an effort to escape legal and reputational fallout. Cocospy, Spyic, and Spyzie are among the most recent apps in a growing list of dozens of phone surveillance operations that have been hacked or otherwise exposed their victims’ data as a result of shoddy coding or poor security practices. Phone monitoring apps like Cocospy are often sold under the guise of parental control or tracking software, but are also referred to as “stalkerware” (or spouseware) for their propensity to be misused — or explicitly marketed — for spying on a person’s spouse or partner without their consent, which is illegal.
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