New, by me: In 2021, the FTC banned Support King from the surveillance industry. But data seen by TechCrunch links the company to a new phone spying operation called SpyTrac, which has compromised over 1.3 million Android devices.
After we reached out to Support King for comment, SpyTrac's infrastructure dropped offline.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/17/support-king-ftc-spytrac/
After the FTC's ban in 2021, Support King shut down its stalkerware app SpyFone. Its website still has the FTC notice. But a year on, the app is back in all but name only, according to internal data we've seen.
Shortly after we contacted its CEO for comment, SpyTrac's website went offline.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/17/support-king-ftc-spytrac/
One of the internal SpyTrac server files contained AWS private keys that allow access to cloud storage associated with Support King and GovAssist, both run by CEO Scott Zuckerman.
When reached, Zuckerman denied any affiliation with SpyTrac, but could not explain how his AWS keys were found on SpyTrac's servers.
More: https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/17/support-king-ftc-spytrac/
Zack Whittaker