Company that sells spyware for monitoring sex offenders hacked
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A hacker who breached a company that monitors individuals under courtordered supervision said it one of the easiest hacks theyve carried out pp
The data exposes information on parole and probation officers as well as monitored offenders in 49 states pp
The data includes sensitive information such as names email addresses IP addresses home addresses phone numbers and criminal convictions ppA company that sells spyware that monitors individuals on parole and probation had its data leaked to a cybercrime forum this week The leak according to an analysis by Straight Arrow News exposed highly sensitive information regarding employees of the corrections system and those under courtordered supervisionppThe affected company RemoteCOM describes itself as the premier computer smartphone and tablet monitoring service for the management of pretrial probation and parole clients The data indicates that RemoteCOMs services are used by parole and probation officers in 49 statespp
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Point phone camera here ppA training manual in the leaked data for RemoteCOMs software known as SCOUT says the spyware can be used to track everyone from sex offenders sex traffickers and stalkers to terrorists hackers and gang membersppSCOUT monitors keystrokes emails chats location data and other ondevice activities The software can also capture screenshots block access to websites and send alerts when certain keywords are typed by an offenderThe hacker responsible for the breach known online as wikkid told SAN the intrusion was one of the easiest theyd ever carried out SAN alerted RemoteCOM to the data breach in a phone call on Thursday but the company did not respond After publication on Friday a RemoteCOM spokesperson said they were assessing the situationppWe are assessing the situation currently along with your article that you posted the spokesperson saidppThe data includes the names and addresses of probation agencies using RemoteCOMs software as well as contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers for more than 800 probation supervisors The names email addresses and phone numbers of more than 80 former and current RemoteCOM employees were also exposedEva Galperin director of security at the Electronic Frontier Foundation told SAN that the leak is an example of how monitoring technology can make sensitive data more vulnerable to hackersppThis is quite the oversight for a company with sensitive government contracts that is entrusted with extremely personal and private data not just about parolees but about government workers Galperin saidppA file titled officers in the leak contains 6896 entries for people who work in the criminaljustice system and who currently or have previously used RemoteCOMs services Each entry shows the persons name phone number work address email addresses unique ID and job titleppAnother file titled clients contains identifying information on nearly 14000 individuals who have been monitored by SCOUT The offenders names email addresses IP addresses home addresses and phone numbers are listed next to the names and email addresses of their probation officersIn one example an entry detailing an offender notes that SCOUT had been installed on phones belonging to the persons sisterinlaw and fiancé A discussion about SCOUT in a Redditbased sex offender support group says the spyware has to be installed on every device that an offender has reasonable access toppYour probation officer will tell them how many devices it needs to be installed on one user wrote Youll then call RemoteCom and set up an appointment to have them remotely install itAn informational handout in the leak says offenders are charged 50 for every computer SCOUT must be installed on while phone installations cost 30 Once installed offenders are charged a 35 monitoring fee every monthThe hacked data also highlights whether an individual being monitored has been charged with sex offenses weapons terrorism narcotics stalking domestic violence sex trafficking fraud violence or hacking among other charges Offenders believed to be tech savvy are even given a specific labelpp
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ppDaily NewsletterppMore than 380000 alerts sent to probation officers about activities on offenders devices offer further insight into SCOUTs abilities One probation officer received an alert that Notable Information had been detected on the computer of an offender listed as having terrorism and weapons charges ppIn others examples alerts announce the purported discovery of potential parole and probation violations The data does not provide details on what specifically caused the alertsppA small sample of unpublished data provided to SAN by the hacker also appears to show keywords flagged by SCOUT In one instance an offender apparently triggered an alert after typing Nazi while another set off the system by typing sexpp
A data breach at RemoteCOM exposed personal data of both corrections employees and monitored individuals raising concerns about the security of sensitive law enforcement and offender information used in digital monitoringppThe exposure of thousands of records including personal and contact details underscores vulnerabilities in the handling of sensitive government and offender datappThe leak reveals details about SCOUT spywares monitoring capabilities bringing attention to the risks and ethical implications of surveillance software in the criminal justice systemppCompromised information about probation officers offenders and their personal contacts highlights the broader risks to privacy for individuals subjected to or administering digital monitoringppAccording to media bias experts at AllSidesppPerfect reliability rating according to experts at NewsGuardppFinally unbiased news that lets you see both sides Its refreshing to have facts without the spinppThis app gives me the news without pushing a political agenda which is rare to findpp
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A hacker who breached a company that monitors individuals under courtordered supervision said it one of the easiest hacks theyve carried out pp
The data exposes information on parole and probation officers as well as monitored offenders in 49 states pp
The data includes sensitive information such as names email addresses IP addresses home addresses phone numbers and criminal convictions ppA company that sells spyware that monitors individuals on parole and probation had its data leaked to a cybercrime forum this week The leak according to an analysis by Straight Arrow News exposed highly sensitive information regarding employees of the corrections system and those under courtordered supervisionppThe affected company RemoteCOM describes itself as the premier computer smartphone and tablet monitoring service for the management of pretrial probation and parole clients The data indicates that RemoteCOMs services are used by parole and probation officers in 49 statespp
Download the SAN app today to stay uptodate with Unbiased Straight Facts pp
Point phone camera here ppA training manual in the leaked data for RemoteCOMs software known as SCOUT says the spyware can be used to track everyone from sex offenders sex traffickers and stalkers to terrorists hackers and gang membersppSCOUT monitors keystrokes emails chats location data and other ondevice activities The software can also capture screenshots block access to websites and send alerts when certain keywords are typed by an offenderThe hacker responsible for the breach known online as wikkid told SAN the intrusion was one of the easiest theyd ever carried out SAN alerted RemoteCOM to the data breach in a phone call on Thursday but the company did not respond After publication on Friday a RemoteCOM spokesperson said they were assessing the situationppWe are assessing the situation currently along with your article that you posted the spokesperson saidppThe data includes the names and addresses of probation agencies using RemoteCOMs software as well as contact information such as email addresses and phone numbers for more than 800 probation supervisors The names email addresses and phone numbers of more than 80 former and current RemoteCOM employees were also exposedEva Galperin director of security at the Electronic Frontier Foundation told SAN that the leak is an example of how monitoring technology can make sensitive data more vulnerable to hackersppThis is quite the oversight for a company with sensitive government contracts that is entrusted with extremely personal and private data not just about parolees but about government workers Galperin saidppA file titled officers in the leak contains 6896 entries for people who work in the criminaljustice system and who currently or have previously used RemoteCOMs services Each entry shows the persons name phone number work address email addresses unique ID and job titleppAnother file titled clients contains identifying information on nearly 14000 individuals who have been monitored by SCOUT The offenders names email addresses IP addresses home addresses and phone numbers are listed next to the names and email addresses of their probation officersIn one example an entry detailing an offender notes that SCOUT had been installed on phones belonging to the persons sisterinlaw and fiancé A discussion about SCOUT in a Redditbased sex offender support group says the spyware has to be installed on every device that an offender has reasonable access toppYour probation officer will tell them how many devices it needs to be installed on one user wrote Youll then call RemoteCom and set up an appointment to have them remotely install itAn informational handout in the leak says offenders are charged 50 for every computer SCOUT must be installed on while phone installations cost 30 Once installed offenders are charged a 35 monitoring fee every monthThe hacked data also highlights whether an individual being monitored has been charged with sex offenses weapons terrorism narcotics stalking domestic violence sex trafficking fraud violence or hacking among other charges Offenders believed to be tech savvy are even given a specific labelpp
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ppDaily NewsletterppMore than 380000 alerts sent to probation officers about activities on offenders devices offer further insight into SCOUTs abilities One probation officer received an alert that Notable Information had been detected on the computer of an offender listed as having terrorism and weapons charges ppIn others examples alerts announce the purported discovery of potential parole and probation violations The data does not provide details on what specifically caused the alertsppA small sample of unpublished data provided to SAN by the hacker also appears to show keywords flagged by SCOUT In one instance an offender apparently triggered an alert after typing Nazi while another set off the system by typing sexpp
A data breach at RemoteCOM exposed personal data of both corrections employees and monitored individuals raising concerns about the security of sensitive law enforcement and offender information used in digital monitoringppThe exposure of thousands of records including personal and contact details underscores vulnerabilities in the handling of sensitive government and offender datappThe leak reveals details about SCOUT spywares monitoring capabilities bringing attention to the risks and ethical implications of surveillance software in the criminal justice systemppCompromised information about probation officers offenders and their personal contacts highlights the broader risks to privacy for individuals subjected to or administering digital monitoringppAccording to media bias experts at AllSidesppPerfect reliability rating according to experts at NewsGuardppFinally unbiased news that lets you see both sides Its refreshing to have facts without the spinppThis app gives me the news without pushing a political agenda which is rare to findpp
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