At least one unnamed European celebrity
May 1, 2025
•[ stalkerware, spyware, data leak ]
A researcher discovered a publicly accessible cloud repository containing 86,859 screenshots from an unnamed European celebrity's device. The files appeared to have been collected through Cocospy-linked stalkerware or spyware installed on the victim's endpoint and included private communications, intimate images, phone usage, business conversations, invoices, payment details, phone numbers, partial credit card numbers, emails, receipts, and identity documents. The dataset appeared to span activity from mid-2024 to mid-2025, but the exact installation or compromise date was not reported; the specific perpetrator was not publicly identified.
Ladies.com
July 3, 2024
•[ data breach, exposed database, cloud misconfiguration ]
In 2024, the lesbian dating website ladies.com suffered a data breach. Attributed to an exposed Firebase database, the breach included extensive personal information on 119k users of the service including email addresses, photos, sexual orientation, genders, dates of birth and precise latitude and longitude, among other personal attributes. The website was shut down in mid-2024 and the breach later acknowledged by the site operator in December, along with a breach of the "Senior Dating" website run by the same organisation.
