US EditionBenevolent Hackers Clear Stalking Spyware From 75,000 Phones
- Hackers breached the spyware firm WebDetetive, deleting device information to protect surveillance victims and denying spyware users new data.
- The breach compromised over 76,000 devices and resulted in the release of more than 1.5 gigabytes of data from the spyware's servers.
- WebDetetive is a Portuguese-language spyware that has compromised over 76,000 Android phones, largely in Brazil, and is linked to the phone spying app OwnSpy.
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'White Hat' Hackers Shut Down Spyware Snooping on 76,000 People
In a significant cybersecurity incident, WebDetetive, a Portuguese-language spyware notorious for compromising Android devices, has itself been hacked, leading to the alleged deletion of victim devices from its network.
Although we often get the opposite idea, hackers with a sense of justice and responsibility still exist on the Internet. This has just been proven, with one of the most recent attacks. The focus...
The program was used to spy on spouses and spouses. Now the data of the spies may also become public.
A Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ devices 'deleted' from server
A Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company in recent months to have been hacked. In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed hackers described how they found and exploited several security vulnerabilities that allowed them to compromise WebDetetive’s servers and acc…
‘White Hat’ Hackers Shut Down Spyware on 76,000 Smartphones
WebDetetive, a Portuguese-language spyware that compromised thousands of Android smartphones, was hacked by ‘white hat hackers who deleted its victim’s information from the network. According to TechCrunch, WebDetetive, which infiltrated over 76,000 Android phones, predominantly in Brazil and South America, fell victim to a cyberattack. The hackers claimed to have exploited multiple security vulnerabilities in WebDetetive’s servers and gained ac…
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