Mobile Spy Software Maker MSpy Hacked, Customer Data Leaked

pdclarry writes: mSpy sells a software-as-a-service package that claims to allow you to spy on iPhones. It is used by ~2 million people to spy on their children, partners, Exes, etc. The information gleaned is stored on mSpy's servers. Brian Krebs reports that mSpy has been hacked and their entire database of several hundred GB of their customer's data has been posted on the Dark Web. The trove includes Apple IDs and passwords, as well as the complete contents of phones that have mSpy installed. So much for keeping your children safe.

Comments

Re:Probably true

[Noah Haders]

A clarification, you can't install mspy unless you jailbreak your iPhone. I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese jail breaking packages come with mspy pre-configured... Also, no jailbreak exists for iOS 8.3, the current version.

Re:How does iPhone spyware even work?

[Just Some Guy]

Never mind - I found it myself. Short answer: either jailbreak the phone or give them your victim's iCloud credentials so they can trawl the backup files.