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📢【新聞標題】
Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry
連續間諜軟體創辦人 Scott Zuckerman 尋求聯邦貿易委員會解除其在監控產業的禁令
📰【摘要】
The founder of a spyware company who was banned from the surveillance industry following an earlier data breach is now seeking to undo the ban, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Scott Zuckerman sought to rescind or modify the 2021 ban imposed by the FTC on his company Support King and its subsidiaries. The ban included a provision requiring Zuckerman to maintain certain cybersecurity practices and undergo frequent audits for any of his businesses.
根據聯邦貿易委員會 (FTC) 的說法，一家間諜軟體公司的創辦人在先前發生資料外洩事件後被禁止進入監控產業，現在正尋求撤銷該禁令。Scott Zuckerman 尋求撤銷或修改聯邦貿易委員會於 2021 年對其公司 Support King 及其子公司實施的禁令。該禁令包括一項條款，要求 Zuckerman 維持特定的網路安全措施，並對其任何業務進行頻繁的審計。
🗝️【關鍵詞彙表】
📝 spyware (n.)
- 間諜軟體
- 例句: The founder of a spyware company who was banned from the surveillance industry.
- 翻譯: 一家間諜軟體公司的創辦人被禁止進入監控產業。
📝 data breach (n.)
- 資料外洩
- 例句: ...following an earlier data breach.
- 翻譯: ...在先前發生資料外洩事件後。
📝 rescind (v.)
- 撤銷、廢除
- 例句: Scott Zuckerman sought to rescind or modify the 2021 ban.
- 翻譯: Scott Zuckerman 尋求撤銷或修改 2021 年的禁令。
📝 subsidiaries (n.)
- 子公司
- 例句: ...on his company Support King and its subsidiaries.
- 翻譯: ...對其公司 Support King 及其子公司。
📝 provision (n.)
- 條款、規定
- 例句: The ban included a provision requiring Zuckerman to maintain certain cybersecurity practices.
- 翻譯: 該禁令包括一項條款，要求 Zuckerman 維持特定的網路安全措施。
📝 audits (n.)
- 審計
- 例句: ...and undergo frequent audits for any of his businesses.
- 翻譯: ...並對其任何業務進行頻繁的審計。
📝 unimpeded (adj.)
- 不受阻礙的、暢通無阻的
- 例句: ...to legally operate again unimpeded.
- 翻譯: ...再次合法且不受阻礙地運營。
📝 flouting (v.)
- 藐視、無視
- 例句: Mr. Zuckerman has repeatedly shown himself to be a bad actor, flouting the FTC.
- 翻譯: Zuckerman 先生一再表明自己是一個不良行為者，無視聯邦貿易委員會。
✍️【文法與句型】
📝 is seeking to undo the ban
- 說明: Expresses the action of trying to reverse or cancel a prohibition.
- 翻譯: 正在尋求撤銷禁令
- 例句: The founder of a spyware company who was banned from the surveillance industry is now seeking to undo the ban.
- 翻譯: 一家間諜軟體公司的創辦人被禁止進入監控產業，現在正尋求撤銷該禁令。
📝 It’s not clear how the FTC will vote...
- 說明: Indicates uncertainty about a future decision.
- 翻譯: 聯邦貿易委員會將如何投票尚不清楚...
- 例句: It’s not clear how the FTC will vote on Zuckerman’s petition, nor did the agency set a date.
- 翻譯: 聯邦貿易委員會將如何投票 Zuckerman 的請願書尚不清楚，該機構也沒有設定日期。
📝 repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot secure sensitive user data
- 說明: Emphasizes a pattern of failure in protecting user data.
- 翻譯: 一再表明他無法保護敏感的使用者資料
- 例句: ...because he has repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot secure sensitive user data.
- 翻譯: ...因為他一再表明他無法保護敏感的使用者資料。
📖【全文與翻譯】
The founder of a spyware company who was banned from the surveillance industry following an earlier data breach is now seeking to undo the ban, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
根據聯邦貿易委員會 (Federal Trade Commission) 的說法，一家間諜軟體公司的創辦人在先前發生資料外洩事件後被禁止進入監控產業，現在正尋求撤銷該禁令。
In a notice on Friday, the federal watchdog said Scott Zuckerman sought to rescind or modify the 2021 ban imposed by the FTC on his company Support King and its subsidiaries.
在週五的一份通知中，聯邦監管機構表示，Scott Zuckerman 尋求撤銷或修改聯邦貿易委員會於 2021 年對其公司 Support King 及其子公司實施的禁令。
The ban included a provision requiring Zuckerman to maintain certain cybersecurity practices and undergo frequent audits for any of his businesses, after his spyware subsidiary SpyFone in 2018 spilled thousands of people’s private phone data, including photos, messages, and location data, to the public web.
該禁令包括一項條款，要求 Zuckerman 維持特定的網路安全措施，並對其任何業務進行頻繁的審計，此前他的間諜軟體子公司 SpyFone 在 2018 年將數千人的私人手機資料（包括照片、訊息和位置資料）洩露到公共網路上。
The FTC’s then five commissioners unanimously voted to ban Zuckerman and Support King from offering, selling, or promoting any phone-monitoring app, preventing him from operating in the surveillance industry.
當時聯邦貿易委員會的五名委員一致投票禁止 Zuckerman 和 Support King 提供、銷售或推廣任何手機監控應用程式，從而阻止他在監控產業中運營。
Zuckerman now claims the order imposed an “unnecessary burden” because the financial costs needed to comply with the order made it more difficult for him to expand his other businesses.
Zuckerman 現在聲稱，該命令施加了「不必要的負擔」，因為遵守該命令所需的財務成本使他更難擴展其他業務。
The review of Zuckerman’s petition is expected to be closely watched by privacy advocates and critics of the surveillance industry and could signal one of the first major cybersecurity tests for the Republican-controlled federal agency.
對 Zuckerman 請願書的審查預計將受到隱私權倡議者和監控產業批評者的密切關注，並且可能標誌著共和黨控制的聯邦機構首次面臨的重大網路安全考驗之一。
If the agency moves to modify the order or vacate it entirely, it would pave the way for a surveillance vendor with a history of data breaches to legally operate again unimpeded.
如果該機構採取行動修改該命令或完全撤銷該命令，將為一家有資料外洩歷史的監控供應商再次合法且不受阻礙地運營鋪平道路。
Despite the ban taking effect in 2021, Zuckerman was caught involved in another spyware operation less than a year later.
儘管該禁令於 2021 年生效，但不到一年後，Zuckerman 再次被發現參與另一次間諜軟體行動。
In 2022, TechCrunch received a cache of breached data from the servers of a phone spyware app called SpyTrac, which revealed it was being run by a group of freelance developers with direct ties to Support King, likely to skirt the FTC’s ban.
2022 年，TechCrunch 從一款名為 SpyTrac 的手機間諜軟體應用程式的伺服器收到了一批洩露的資料，這些資料顯示它是由一群與 Support King 有直接聯繫的自由開發人員運營的，可能為了規避聯邦貿易委員會的禁令。
The breached data also contained records from SpyFone, despite the FTC’s order requiring the company to delete the data it illegally obtained from victims’ phones, and contained keys that allowed access to cloud storage for OneClickMonitor, another clone spyware app that Support King shut down alongside SpyFone.
洩露的資料還包含 SpyFone 的記錄，儘管聯邦貿易委員會命令該公司刪除其從受害者手機非法獲取的資料，並且包含允許訪問 OneClickMonitor 雲端儲存的密鑰，OneClickMonitor 是 Support King 與 SpyFone 一起關閉的另一個克隆間諜軟體應用程式。
SpyTrac went offline soon after we contacted Zuckerman for comment.
在我們聯繫 Zuckerman 尋求評論後不久，SpyTrac 就下線了。
Zuckerman’s petition is already facing criticism from the security community.
Zuckerman 的請願書已經面臨來自安全社群的批評。
“I think this petition should be opposed loudly and vigorously. Mr. Zuckerman has repeatedly shown himself to be a bad actor, flouting the FTC by continuing to run his stalkerware company even after the ban was issued,” Eva Galperin, the director of cybersecurity at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told TechCrunch.
「我認為應該大聲且堅決地反對這份請願書。Zuckerman 先生一再表明自己是一個不良行為者，無視聯邦貿易委員會，即使在發布禁令後仍繼續經營他的跟蹤軟體公司，」電子前哨基金會的網路安全主管 Eva Galperin 告訴 TechCrunch。
“There is no doubt that both the ban and the continued reporting requirements are personally burdensome to him, but I would argue that that is the point,” said Galperin.
「毫無疑問，禁令和持續的報告要求對他個人來說都是一種負擔，但我認為這才是重點，」Galperin 說。
“I have no doubt that Mr. Zuckerman would start up another stalkerware company the minute he thought he could get away with it.”
「我毫不懷疑，Zuckerman 先生只要認為他可以逃脫懲罰，就會立即創辦另一家跟蹤軟體公司。」
It’s not clear how the FTC will vote on Zuckerman’s petition, nor did the agency set a date.
聯邦貿易委員會將如何投票 Zuckerman 的請願書尚不清楚，該機構也沒有設定日期。
A spokesperson for the FTC did not comment when reached by TechCrunch.
TechCrunch 聯繫聯邦貿易委員會的發言人時，發言人沒有發表評論。
The FTC is required by law to seek comments on petitions to undo the agency’s orders.
法律要求聯邦貿易委員會就撤銷該機構命令的請願書徵求意見。
The public can leave feedback on Zuckerman’s petition until August 19.
公眾可以在 8 月 19 日之前對 Zuckerman 的請願書發表意見。
The FTC is chaired by Trump-appointed Andrew Ferguson, who serves alongside two other Republicans, Mark Meador and Melissa Holyoak.
聯邦貿易委員會由川普任命的 Andrew Ferguson 擔任主席，他與另外兩名共和黨人 Mark Meador 和 Melissa Holyoak 一起任職。
Democratic commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter was reappointed to the FTC last week after the Trump administration attempted to fire her.
在川普政府試圖解僱她之後，民主黨委員 Rebecca Kelly Slaughter 上週被重新任命為聯邦貿易委員會委員。
The remaining fifth commissioner seat remains vacant.
剩餘的第五個委員席位仍然空缺。
In his petition, Zuckerman appealed to Ferguson directly and the commission’s “current enforcement philosophy,” which Zuckerman told TechCrunch was about “making sure regulations actually provide a positive impact for consumers and the public.”
在他的請願書中，Zuckerman 直接呼籲 Ferguson 以及委員會的「當前執法理念」，Zuckerman 告訴 TechCrunch，這是關於「確保法規實際上對消費者和公眾產生積極影響」。
Galperin, meanwhile, said it was important to maintain the reporting requirements on Zuckerman’s future ventures if they are “in any way connected to the internet because he has repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot secure sensitive user data.”
與此同時，Galperin 表示，如果 Zuckerman 未來的企業「以任何方式連接到互聯網，那麼保持對它們的報告要求非常重要，因為他一再表明他無法保護敏感的使用者資料」。
🔗【資料來源】
文章連結：https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/21/serial-spyware-founder-scott-zuckerman-wants-the-ftc-to-unban-him-from-the-surveillance-industry/