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Founder of spyware maker pcTattletale pleads guilty to hacking and advertising surveillance software

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-01-06

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Zack Whittaker

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The TechCrunch article reports that pcTattletale founder Bryan Fleming pleaded guilty to charges related to operating and marketing stalkerware that allowed customers to covertly monitor phones and computers; the company shut down after a 2024 breach that exposed data for over 138,000 customers, and a multi-year HSI investigation led to searches, seized records, and the guilty plea.

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