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Catwatchful

Disclosed Jul 2, 20251 year ago61,641 accountsUnverified

Catwatchful stalkerware bug spills customer logins and victims' data

A researcher found a flaw in Android stalkerware Catwatchful that exposed its full database of customer email addresses and plaintext passwords; the app, hosted on Google Firebase, uploaded victims' photos, messages and locations.

What is known

People affected61,641 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedJul 2, 2025
HappenedJun 9, 2025
AttackExposed data
Data exposedEmails, Passwords, Messages, Location, Other
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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Sources

Source
Have I Been Pwned: Catwatchfulhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator
Data breach reveals Catwatchful stalkerware is spying on thousands of phonestechcrunch.com · News

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
ResearchtotalJul 2, 2025
Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the dataJul 3, 202561,641
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Catwatchful to https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/data-breach-reveals-catwatchful-stalkerware-spying-on-thousands-android-phones/ · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to misconfiguration · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords"] to ["emails","passwords","messages","location","other"] · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2025-07-03 to 2025-07-02 · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: In June 2025, spyware maker Catwatchful suffered a data breach that exposed over 60k customer records . The breach was due to a SQL injection vulnerability that enabled email addresses and plain text passwords to be extracted from the syste to A researcher found a flaw in Android stalkerware Catwatchful that exposed its full database of customer email addresses and plaintext passwords; the app, hosted on Google Firebase, uploaded victims' photos, messages and locations. · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Catwatchful stalkerware bug spills customer logins and victims' data · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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