"A stalkerware maker who was banned from the surveillance industry after a data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, as well as the people they were spying on, will not be able to go back to selling the invasive software, according the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. The FTC denied a request to cancel that ban made by Scott Zuckerman, the founder of consumer spyware company Support King and its subsidiaries SpyFone and OneClickMonitor."
"In his petition, Zuckerman claimed that the FTC order's security requirements have made it harder for him to run his other businesses due to financial costs, despite the fact that Support King is no longer in operation and he now only runs a restaurant and plans other "tourism ventures" in Puerto Rico, according to the petition. When reached via email, Zuckerman declined to comment and referred questions to his lawyer."
Scott Zuckerman, founder of Support King and its SpyFone and OneClickMonitor brands, remains banned from offering, promoting, selling, or advertising any surveillance app, service, or business after an FTC order. The 2021 order required deletion of SpyFone data, frequent audits, and implementation of specified cybersecurity practices. The ban followed a 2018 incident in which a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket exposed extremely sensitive customer and target data. Zuckerman petitioned to rescind or modify the order, citing compliance costs and changed business activities, but the FTC denied the request. Zuckerman declined to comment when contacted.
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