Nekogram, fork of the Open Source messaging app Telegram used by journalists and privacy activists, had just been discovered to include spyware. The malicious code sent all user's private phone numbers to the developer, a Chinese man nicknamed NekoWorkshop (alias tehcneko). The devteam publicly admitted the presence of the spyware code, then started reacting violently against the userbase.
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OCTADE
in reply to Lorenzo Ancora • • •Lorenzo Ancora
in reply to OCTADE • • •@octade it depends on the jurisdictions involved and the type, volume, and destination of stolen data. At least, violations of: GDPR (EU - fines up to 10 millions EUR), CFAA/FWA/SCA (USA - jail and fines), maybe PIPL (China - jail + violence + fines).
The team likely sold the numbers to user-tracking services and will lose most of the actual userbase. Thanks to the anonymity guaranteed by the platforms involved, prosecution will be unlikely.😐