Messaging app said it had ‘high confidence’ some users were targeted and ‘possibly compromised’ by Paragon Solutions spywareNearly 100 journalists and other members of civil society using WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Meta, were targeted by spyware owned by Paragon Solutions, an Israeli maker of hacking software, the company alleged today.The journalists and other civil society members were being alerted of a possible breach of their devices, with WhatsApp telling the Guardian it had “high confidence” that the users in question had been targeted and “possibly compromised”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/31/whatsapp-israel-spyware
Author : Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington DC
Publish date : 2025-01-31 14:46:00
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