<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false"><li>A security researcher uncovered a major data breach involving Catwatchful, an Android spyware app posing as a child monitoring tool.</li><li>The breach exposed a user database with plaintext passwords and email addresses, impacting over 62,000 users and compromising phone data of 26,000 victims.</li><li>The dodgy developer behind Catwatchful was identified due to reusing an email address, leading to the exposure of the spyware's operation outside the Play Store.</li><li>Google has taken steps to warn users about the app, despite it not being available on the Play Store, advising the use of security measures like antivirus software and malware removal tools.</li></ul>

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