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spyware maker mSpy has been breached – again – Available as a smartphone app, it is generally termed a "stalkerware" app.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/20/stalkerware_usage_surging_despite_data/
mSpy showed up on Have I Been Pwned on July 11, with the site revealing hacktivists were responsible for the theft of millions of Zendesk support tickets from buyers unable to use the software.
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@ecksmc "In North America, 77 percent of all instances were in the United States, according to the annual State of Stalkerware report. Of the 1,049 affected individuals, 779 were American and 250 Canadian."
The US has about nine times as many people as Canada, which suggests that its use is more prevalent in Canada.
Several folks included in the breach list have been contacted and the legitimacy of their data verified
https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/11/mspy-spyware-millions-customers-data-breach/
mSpy was previously breached in 2015, with some 400,000 users' data published on the dark web – The company was breached again in 2018, resulting in several million more customer records being exposed.