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

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/retina-x-studios

"id": "ret20427622",
"linkid": "retina-x-studios",
"type": "Malware",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'Consumer Spyware Companies',
                        'type': 'Business'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware installed on smartphones',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer records',
                                              'Business information',
                                              'Intercepted messages']},
 'description': 'A hacker has broken into two consumer spyware companies that '
                'sell malware to everyday people, sometimes with the explicit '
                'intent of illegally spying on spouses or lovers. 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 and can also track the target’s GPS '
                'location.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer records',
                                 'Business information',
                                 'Intercepted messages'],
            'systems_affected': ['Smartphones']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Physical access to smartphones'},
 'motivation': 'Illegal spying on spouses or lovers',
 'references': [{'source': 'Motherboard'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown Hacker',
 'title': 'Data Breach of Consumer Spyware Companies',
 'type': 'Data Breach, Malware'}