"The affected company, RemoteCOM, describes itself as "the premier computer, smartphone and tablet monitoring service for the management of pretrial, probation and parole clients." The data indicates that RemoteCOM's services are used by parole and probation officers in 49 states. A training manual in the leaked data for RemoteCOM's software, known as SCOUT, says the spyware can be used to track everyone from sex offenders, sex traffickers and stalkers to terrorists, hackers and gang members."
"A file titled "officers" in the leak contains 6,896 entries for people who work in the criminal-justice system and who currently or have previously used RemoteCOM's services. Each entry shows the person's name, phone number, work address, email addresses, unique ID and job title. Another file titled "clients" contains identifying information on nearly 14,000 individuals who have been monitored by SCOUT."
RemoteCOM, a provider of computer, smartphone and tablet monitoring services used to manage pretrial, probation and parole clients, had internal data leaked to a cybercrime forum. The leak includes a training manual for SCOUT describing use cases for tracking sex offenders, traffickers, stalkers, terrorists, hackers and gang members. A leaked 'officers' file contains 6,896 entries with names, phone numbers, work addresses, emails, unique IDs and job titles. A 'clients' file lists nearly 14,000 monitored individuals with names, emails, IP and home addresses and phone numbers alongside their probation officers' contact information. RemoteCOM said it was investigating while its website experienced timeouts; a verification call reportedly reached a relative of someone charged with terrorism who confirmed the number.
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