Catwatchful “child monitoring” app exposes victims’ data

Malwarebytes reports that several stalkerware/monitoring apps have repeatedly exposed sensitive user data due to insecure backends and breaches. A recent disclosure involving Catwatchful revealed phone data for roughly 26,000 victims and plaintext credentials for over 62,000 customers; the article also references large-scale exposures tied to Spyzie, Cocospy, Spyic, Spyhide, and mSpy. The piece warns of legal and safety risks of using such apps, documents the ongoing privacy harms to victims, and offers guidance for detection and removal.