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SpyX Stalkerware Data Breach Exposed ~2M Emails, IPs, Locations, Device Info and 6-digit PINs in pwd Field; Apple iCloud Creds (Emails + Plaintext Passwords) Leaked, likely used for Cloud Monitoring. (haveibeenpwned.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sensitive Breach

In June 2024, spyware maker SpyX suffered a data breach that exposed almost 2M unique email addresses. The breach also exposed IP addresses, countries of residence, device information and 6-digit PINs in the password field. Further, a collection of iCloud credentials likely used to monitor targets directly via the cloud were also in the breach and contained the target's email address and plain text Apple password.

Breach date: 24 June 2024 Date added to HIBP: 19 March 2025

Compromised accounts: 1,977,011

Compromised data: Device information, Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Passwords Stop Stalkerware.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Serves them right for using spyware.

Edit. It has correctly been brought to my attention that the targets also had their credentials leaked. They didn't deserve that. That said, fuck the people who were installing spyware in other people's devices.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The victims didn’t choose to be spied on…

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

This is true, I have no sympathy for the ones who put spare on another's device, but the targets did not deserve that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Thankfully, 2FA means this doesn't really matter, although revealed PWs should be changed eventually.