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A popular Android Spyware service provider LetMeSpy has formally announced the closure of the company, as it cannot recover from the data breach in June earlier this year.
On June 21, an unknown threat group took over the popular spy app company website and downloaded all the sensitive private information, and simultaneously wiped clean the server of LetMeSpy. The stolen data includes users' email addresses (used for login to the service), phone call logs, the content of SMS messages, and location data regarding users of devices on which the LetMeSpy application is installed, as well as their contacts.
Due to the data security incident that took place on June 21, 2023, access to User Accounts was blocked, for security reasons. After that date, the LetMeSpy service was disabled, as well as the option to log into User Accounts and register new User Accounts on the site.Notice on LetMeSpy website
Now, the Poland-based company no longer accepts new registrations. The existing clients who wish to log in to their account to delete their details voluntarily can request access via email to ibd@radeal.pl. This will remain open till September 30, 2023.
However, the LetMeSpy website and service will close permanently on August 31.
LetMeSpy has been a popular spyware app on Android platform. Though it was panned by user privacy activists, it was still used by many around the world, as it allowed parents and also employers to track the incoming and outgoing calls and messages on the phones of children/employees. Once installed on the user's phone, it was designed to remain hidden and only known to the person who installed it. This secrecy feature was often misused by spouses, who had trust issues with their partners and wanted to know who they were regularly communicating with. Even parents made use of the app to track their teenage children's online activity and whereabouts after school.
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