mSpy (2024) data breach

Breach date: 2024-06-09. Added to this index: 2024-07-11. Accounts affected: about 2.4M. Domain: mspy.com.

What happened

In June 2024, a huge trove of data from spyware maker mSpy was obtained by hacktivists and published online. Comprising of 142GB of user data and support tickets along with 176GB of more than half a million attachments, the data contained 2.4M unique email addresses, IP addresses names and photos. The data was predominantly support tickets seeking help to install the spyware on target devices, whilst the attachments contained various data including screen grans of financial transactions, photos of credit cards and nude selfies.

Breach data sourced from Have I Been Pwned, used under CC BY 4.0. Additional breach metadata provided by XposedOrNot. DataExposed is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.

What was exposed

  • Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
  • IP addresses: The network addresses your devices used when you signed up, logged in or posted, recorded by almost every website in its access logs.
  • Names: Your first name, surname and sometimes middle name or initials, as you gave them when you signed up. It appears in almost every breach because nearly every account asks for it.
  • Photos: Images you uploaded, shared in messages or stored in a cloud account or app, which can include private, intimate, family, document or location tagged photos.

What to do now

  1. Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
  2. Review the accounts connected to this service and turn on two-factor authentication.
  3. Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
  4. Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.

Frequently asked questions

What data was leaked in the mSpy (2024) breach?

The mSpy (2024) breach exposed Email addresses, IP addresses, Names, Photos. About 2.4M accounts were affected.

Was I affected by the mSpy (2024) breach?

Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.

What should I do about the mSpy (2024) breach?

Treat any message that quotes details from this breach as suspicious, turn on two-factor authentication, and consider removing your details from people-search sites if your address or phone was included.

Next steps