Stalkerware researcher maia arson crimew strikes again. Big time. We know maia as a researcher that loves to go after stalkerware peddlers, which Malwarebytes—as one of the founding members of the Coalition Against Stalkerware—loves to see.
The investigation into Tracki, besides uncovering a tangled web of companies, dubious websites, and false identities, also led to a data breach that maia says could possibly affect almost 12 million users. Researching the technology behind the tracker and the web portal for customers that want to see all their trackers on a map, maia found various hardcoded usernames and passwords used to load data from a number of administration and support tools.
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Source: Malwarebytes Labs
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