Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2015-05-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: mSpy
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Information
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Mobile spyware firm mSpy is hacked, and its database is published on the dark web. The data dump includes information on the more than 400,000 users, including Apple IDs and passwords, tracking data, and payment details on some 145,000 successful transactions.