pcTattletale Data Breach

What happened

In May 2024, the spyware service pcTattletale suffered a data breach that defaced the website and posted tens of gigabytes of data to the homepage, allegedly due to pcTattletale not responding to a previous security vulnerability report. The breach exposed data including membership records, infected PC names, captured messages and extensive logs of IP addresses and device information.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your pcTattletale password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing pcTattletale — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
• Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.