WhatsApp is urging users to upgrade to the latest version after a hack that installed spyware on a number of phones
JERUSALEM - WhatsApp said on Tuesday a security breach on its messaging app had signs of coming from a government using surveillance technology developed by a private company and may have targeted human rights groups.
The company said it was still investigating the breach but believed only a “select number of users were targeted through this vulnerability by an advanced cyber actor.” “We’re working with human rights groups on learning as much as we can about who may have been impacted from their community. That’s really where our highest concern is,” the spokesman said.
“The DPC understands that the vulnerability may have enabled a malicious actor to install unauthorised software and gain access to personal data on devices which have WhatsApp installed,” the regulator said in a statement.Scott Storey, a senior lecturer in cyber security at Sheffield Hallam University, believes most WhatsApp users were not affected since this appears to be governments targeting specific people, mainly human rights campaigners.
Storey said that disclosing vulnerabilities was a good thing and likely would lead to other services looking at their security.The Financial Times initially reported on the WhatsApp vulnerability that allowed attackers to inject spyware on phones via the app’s phone call function.
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