1,400 WhatsApp hacks in 2 weeks—were you a target of Israeli spyware?
For anyone concerned they were one of the 1,400, WhatsApp has contacted those it knows were affected and provided a breakdown of how the hacks happened. Affected users should, therefore, know whether or not they were targeted.
According to the WhatsApp suit, the attack started in April and carried on through to early May. NSO, which also goes under the name Q Cyber Technologies, was accused of abusing WhatsApp “Signaling Servers”—computers used to set up calls and connect users. The spyware company created call initiation messages that contained malicious code.
At least one known such attack hit a human rights lawyer, while an American number is listed in the WhatsApp court filing. WhatsApp said other targets were based in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Mexico. Governments in those nations have previously been linked with use of NSO malware. Thealso reported on a number of Rwandan activists and members of the opposition in exile who were hit.
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