Its website today is simply a login page, but for a time simply said, “nothing to see here.” Little is known about Apex - it’s not known if it’s a legitimate company or not. ![]() The database is run by an outfit called ApexSMS. ![]() “This incident raises the issue once again that data security can affect legitimate businesses and what many would consider ‘gray marketing’ at best,” said Diachenko. By coincidence, the server was pulled offline before we could reach out, but we still had time to look at the inner workings of the SMS spam operation.Īnd we knew exactly whom to contact - because the spam operators’ email addresses were listed as “admins” in the database. ![]() He shared a portion of the data with TechCrunch. ![]() Security researcher Bob Diachenko found the spam-sending database on an exposed server last month.
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