{"id":4595,"date":"2019-03-22T18:05:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2025-02-12T20:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:55:51","slug":"digital-forensics-corp-helps-dr-phil-solve-a-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalforensics.com\/blog\/news\/digital-forensics-corp-helps-dr-phil-solve-a-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Forensics Corp. Helps \u2018Dr. Phil\u2019 Solve A Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe Dr. Phil Show\u201d dedicated an episode March 20 to the story of a couple who said hackers had been attacking them for five years, hacking into multiple devices in an attempt to ruin their marriage and their lives. DFC experts investigated several devices for the episode.<\/p>\n

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Their account, told in an episode entitled \u201cI’ve Been Hacked for 5 Years, and It’s Destroying My Family,\u201d was terrible. Stacey said her smartphones constantly showed photos she never took (more than 30 each day), downloaded and rearranged apps on their own, browsed websites without her knowledge and more. She and her husband, Andy, said they caused cash registers in stores to shut down simply by using the stores\u2019 wifi with their phones. Stacey even made Andy take a lie detector test, because they constantly received messages that seemed to refer to an extramarital affair.<\/p>\n