A Brazilian phone spyware was hacked and victims’ stolen data ‘deleted’

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By Zack WhittakerAug 26, 2023, 4:00 pm266 pts
A Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone spyware company in recent months to have been hacked. In an undated note seen by TechCrunch, the unnamed…

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