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Hackers take down spyware outfit

by on07 August 2023


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Polish spyware  LetMeSpy is borked and the company says it will shut down after a June data breach wiped its servers, including its huge trove of data stolen from thousands of victims’ phones.

In a notice on its website, LetMeSpy confirmed the “permanent shutdown” of the spyware service by the end of August. The notice said LetMeSpy is blocking users from logging in or signing up with new accounts.

A separate notice on LetMeSpy’s former login page, which no longer functions, confirmed earlier reports that the hacker who breached the spyware operation also deleted the data on its servers.

“The breach consisted of unauthorized access to the LetMeSpy website’s database, downloading and at the same time deleting data from the website by the author of the attack,” the notice reads.

LetMeSpy’s app no longer works and the spyware maker’s website no longer provides the spyware app for download.

LetMeSpy was designed to sit in an Android phone hidden on a victim’s phone home screen, making the app difficult to detect and remove. When planted on a person’s phone, it stole that person’s messages, call logs and real-time location data.

LetMeSpy is the latest spyware operation to shut down in the past year in the wake of a security incident that exposed victims’ data, but also the identities of its real-world operators.

Last modified on 07 August 2023
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