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Spyware maker gets hacked, data reveals thousands of remotely controlled devices

Spytech Software, a Minnesota-based company that produces SpyAgent and similar programs, has been breached. TechCrunch was able to access a cache of files taken from Spytech's servers...

These tools are employed with varying degrees of legitimacy by relatives or law enforcement agencies, but things go completely haywire when a manufacturing company gets targeted by hackers. TechCrunch was able to access a cache of files taken from Spytech's servers by unknown hackers, and has exposed the company's activities and the devices targeted by its stalkerware products. The company states that its "award-winning" solution combines over 20 essential (and theoretically invisible) monitoring tools with cloud and email-based remote activity logs.

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