According to Colonel Le Hong Son, Head of PC 50, Hanoi Police Department interviewed VTV reporter
However, from August 2013, the company began to develop and provide software services with mobile phone monitoring function, enabling users to view messages, contacts, call recording, and positioning. phone, video recording, photo taking, turn-off 3G / GPRS of the monitored phone. This software is provided in two packages: for individuals ( Ptracker ) and for businesses ( PtrackerERP ). PtrackerERP products by the company are completely legal, even on the list of 100 gold products of the enterprise.
However, it is worth noting that in the personal pack, tens of thousands of phones are controlled and tapped. This is a software product originating from China, then developed by Viet Hong employees. Users can also order the remote control device to be installed Ptracker by texting this phone. More seriously, all data after being retrieved from a device with software installed has been sent to Viet Hong Company's server.
Whether customers buy software or just install a trial version of Ptracker, the phone is hijacked. If the customer pays money to Viet Hong, this company will issue an account for customers to view and exploit the content of that data on the server.
According to a scout from Team 5 PC50, when you need to monitor a phone, the user will hold the phone and access the website " o.hv . " or compose a syntax message D . send to the first digit 8189 to get the software download link. After that, it only takes 3-5 minutes to be able to install this software.
Software is installed on phones using the Android operating system. After being installed on the phone to monitor, all data such as contacts, messages, outgoing calls, incoming calls, surrounding audio recordings, photos, videos, web history statistics, routes move, the current location of the monitored device . will be saved by the software and pushed to the server after 5-10 minutes when the device is connected to the Internet.
More dangerous, followers can actively activate 3G / GPRS for remote monitoring to push data to the system. It is even possible to issue remote control commands such as: recording around, listening to sounds around, recording videos, taking photos .
The software is also dangerous when not managed by SIM phones but according to EMEI ( international identification code for mobile devices ), so even if you replace it with another SIM, the phone is still monitored all parameters. above.
Notably, according to PC50, during the inspection and inspection process, authorities discovered some private detective companies that have registered to use the service of Viet Hong Company.
In addition, there have been 14 dealers of Ptracker products in many localities throughout the country, in addition to Hanoi, Da Nang, and even Lao Cai . The users are now experiencing wide across many provinces.