Retina-X Studios, LLC

A hacker has broken into two consumer spyware companies.

Firms that sell malware to everyday people, sometimes with the explicit intent of illegally spying on spouses or lovers and provided a large cache of data to Motherboard.

The data includes gigabytes of customer records, apparent business information, and alleged intercepted messages of some people targeted by the malware.

Once installed on a smartphone the attacker has physical access to Facebook chats and messages from a slew of other apps

It can also track target’s GPS location.

Source: https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x77ex/hacker-strikes-stalkerware-companies-stealing-alleged-texts-and-gps-locations-of-customers

"id": "RET20427622",
"linkid": "retina-x-studios",
"type": "Malware",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"