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A hacker stole the spywares data

It seems that the creators of two phone surveillance businesses have closed down their operations after the owner reached a settlement with the authorities on allegations of unlawfully advertising malware that his company created. PhoneSpector and Highster were consumer-grade phone monitoring applications that enabled surreptitious surveillance of an individual’s smartphone. Referred to as stalkerware or …

TechCrunch reports that mobile consumer-grade stalkerware apps Highster and PhoneSpector have seemingly ended operations following a settlement between Patrick Hinchy, whose tech firm consortium was behind both apps, and the New York Attorney General last February that involved the payment of $410,000 in fines to resolve charges of aggressive spyware promotions in New York state.

The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusations of illegally promoting spyware that his companies developed. PhoneSpector and Highster were consumer-grade phone monitoring apps that facilitated the covert surveillance of a person's smartphone. In February 2023, Patrick Hinchy, whose consortium of New York and Florida-based tech companies developed PhoneSpector and Highster, agreed to pay $410,000 in penalties to set...

The domains, servers, websites and backend infrastructure known to be used by PhoneSpector and Highster stalkerware are also no longer online.

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Bad people selling terrible things to even worse people has been around since long before the debut of smartphones. But now it's just so much easier to bring these two parties together to inflict misery on others. What's considered to be just a good investigative tool when wielded by government agencies (looking at you, NSO…

A $410,000 fine has been announced for a man, and the 16 companies he ran that produced and sold spyware and stalkerware to customers.

Last week, the New York Attorney General secured a $410,000 fine from Patrick Hinchy and 16 companies that he runs which produce and sell spyware and stalkerware. In addition, he and his companies must modify their stalkerware to alert victims that their devices have been compromised. This sends a...

A businessman responsible for promoting apps containing spyware must pay a fine and other restitutions after an agreement with the N.Y. Attorney General's office.