❝ Google didn’t immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press about how the footage of the masked person was captured while the camera was apparently disconnected. They also didn’t clarify how the footage was extracted from “backend servers” even though law enforcement said Guthrie didn’t have a subscription.

However, Google’s privacy policy… makes it clear that videos can be captured when a device is offline. ❞

https://apnews.com/article/nancy-guthrie-nest-camera-footage-kidnapper-bd5f1d886543e23f2d105535031c9445?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

#stalkerware #fascism #policeState

How investigators found surveillance video at home of Savannah Guthrie's missing mother

Investigators have found surveillance footage of an armed, masked person at Nancy Guthrie's doorstep on the night she disappeared. Guthrie is the mother of “Today Show” host Savannah Guthrie. The FBI said the footage was retrieved from "backend servers" after initially believing it was lost. The camera was disconnected, and Guthrie didn't have a subscription to the camera company. This discovery raises questions about the persistence of digital content. Experts say footage can remain on cloud servers even if it seems deleted. Privacy concerns are also highlighted, as companies may share data with law enforcement without user consent.

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.. seneste eksempel på, leverandør af #overvågning -software, afsløret kunders oplysninger på grund af sikkerheds-brister

.. snesevis af #stalkerware -apps blevet hacket eller har mistet, lækket eller afsløret folks private data – ofte ofrenes egne – på grund af udbydernes mangelfulde sikkerhed

.. som uMobix og Xnspy uploader, når installeret, offerets private data, herunder opkalds-logger, tekst-beskeder, fotos, browser-historik og præcise lokaliserings-data
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/hacktivist-scrapes-over-500000-stalkerware-customers-payment-records/

Exclusive: Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers' payment records

More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.

TechCrunch
Exclusive: Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers' payment records

More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.

TechCrunch

Hacktivist leaks 530K+ customer payment records tied to stalkerware apps after exploiting a trivial website bug.

Emails, card details & app purchases exposed - another example of weak security in surveillance software.

https://www.technadu.com/stalkerware-data-breach-hacktivist-leaks-over-530000-customer-records/619756/

#Infosec #Privacy #DataBreach #Stalkerware

Filtrados 536.000 registros de clientes de apps de vigilancia: emails y datos parciales de pago. TechCrunch verificó la fuga; el atacante dice explotar un fallo trivial. https://aidoo.news/noticia/6V328W

#Stalkerware #DatosPersonales #VigilanciaDigital #Hacking

Hacktivista filtra más de 500.000 registros de pago de clientes de stalkerware

Un hacktivista conocido como “wikkid” obtuvo y publicó alrededor de 536.000 registros de clientes de un proveedor de apps de vigilancia telefónica de consumo, e

Aidoo Noticias

Bryan Fleming, creator of pcTattletale, just pleaded guilty in US federal court for selling illegal stalkerware that let users secretly spy on phones and computers.

Read: https://hackread.com/pctattletale-stalkerware-founder-bryan-fleming-guilty/

#pcTattletale #Stalkerware #Cybercrime #Privacy #BryanFleming

pcTattletale Founder Bryan Fleming Pleads Guilty in Federal Stalkerware Case

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The pcTattletale founder’s guilty plea marks the first U.S. federal conviction of a stalkerware operator in over ten years.

This case reinforces:
• Legal accountability for spyware misuse
• Growing scrutiny of consumer surveillance tools
• The role of infosec and law enforcement collaboration

An important precedent for privacy enforcement in the spyware ecosystem.

Read more via TechNadu and follow for objective infosec coverage:
https://www.technadu.com/founder-of-pctattletale-spyware-app-pleads-guilty-in-federal-stalkerware-case/617772/

#Infosec #Privacy #Stalkerware #CyberLaw #DigitalSurveillance #SecurityResearch

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman

A stalkerware maker who was banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, as well as the people they were spying on, will not be able to go back to selling the invasive software

#FTC #ScottZuckerman #software #SupportKing #SpyFone #OneClickMonitor #stalkerware #spyware #hacker

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/ftc-upholds-ban-on-stalkerware-founder-scott-zuckerman/

FTC upholds ban on stalkerware founder Scott Zuckerman | TechCrunch

Zuckerman, who used to run the stalkerware apps SpyFone and SpyTrac, claimed the ban is hurting his unrelated business.

TechCrunch

@condret I'd refuse to do install/use it as a matter of principle!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/115307350634955042

Kevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)

Attached: 1 image @mrmasterkeyboard@mastodon.social not only protests but actively subverting it. - We need something like a *"#HowToTor?"* guide site that teaches #TechIlliterate #Zoomers with the attention span of a #TikTok on how to setup @torproject@mastodon.social / #Tor and do all their #browsing through it. - Ideally we'd have kids start #copyparty events underground for @tails_live@venera.social / @tails@fosstodon.org / #Tails and spread those alobgside #TorBridges along minors in the #UK so hard that the #Cyberfascists have to resign! Or do you too remember [that](https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/nca-children-hacking-with-kali-linux-tor-and-discord.263960/) iconic #Copaganda poster by the #NCA? - Cuz for every bullshit #Zensursula, #VanDerBolle and other #Cyberfascists are goebbeling up, I'll teach another person how to *"#EncryptHarder!"*... #sarcasm #UKpol #OSA #UK #Cyberfascism

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