"A Brazilian Phone Spyware Was Hacked and Victims' Devices 'Deleted' From Server"

In recent years, WebDetetive, a Portuguese-language spyware, has compromised over 76,000 Android phones in South America, primarily in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company to be compromised in recent months. In an undated note seen by TechCrunch researchers, the unidentified hackers described how they discovered and exploited multiple security flaws to compromise WebDetetive's servers and gain access to its user databases. By exploiting other vulnerabilities in the spyware maker's web dashboard, which abusers used to access the stolen phone data of their victims, the hackers claimed to have enumerated and downloaded every dashboard record, including customers' email addresses. According to the hackers, dashboard access enabled them to delete victim devices from the spyware network, effectively severing the connection at the server level to prevent the device from uploading new data. This article continues to discuss the Portuguese-language app WebDetetive used to compromise over 76,000 phones. 

TechCrunch reports "A Brazilian Phone Spyware Was Hacked and Victims' Devices 'Deleted' From Server"