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pcTattletale

Disclosed May 25, 2024138,000 affectedUnverified

Hacker defaces spyware maker pcTattletale and dumps its server data

A hacker defaced the website of consumer spyware app pcTattletale and posted archives of data from its servers, days after a researcher reported a flaw leaking device screenshots. TechCrunch later reported the breach exposed data on some 138,000 customers and that the owner deleted data instead of notifying victims.

What is known

People affected138,000 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedMay 25, 2024
HappenedMay 25, 2024
AttackHacking
Data exposedEmailsIP addressesNamesPasswordsPhone numbersAddressesDates of birthMessagesOther
SectorTech · US
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
source_type2026-09-25
aggregator to pressby seedSource
source_url2026-09-25
https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/pcTattletale to https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/25/spyware-app-pctattletale-was-hacked-and-its-website-defaced/by seedSource
country2026-09-25
empty to USby seedSource
attack2026-09-25
unknown to hackingby seedSource
data_types2026-09-25
["emails","ip-addresses","names","passwords","phone","addresses","dob","messages"] to ["emails","ip-addresses","names","passwords","phone","addresses","dob","messages","other"]by seedSource
records_basis2026-09-25
hibp to organizationby seedSource
records2026-09-25
138751 to 138000by seedSource
summary2026-09-25
In May 2024, the spyware service pcTattletale suffered a data breach that defaced the website and posted tens of gigabytes of data to the homepage , allegedly due to pcTattletale not responding to a previous security vulnerability report. T to A hacker defaced the website of consumer spyware app pcTattletale and posted archives of data from its servers, days after a researcher reported a flaw leaking device screenshots. TechCrunch later reported the breach exposed data on some 13by seedSource
title2026-09-25
empty to Hacker defaces spyware maker pcTattletale and dumps its server databy seedSource
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

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

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