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WhatsApp urges upgrade after ‘serious’ security breach allowed hackers to put spyware on phones
The messaging app has urged users to upgrade after a breach that allowed sophisticated hackers to sneak spyware into phones.
AFP
May 14, 20199:48pm
Instant messaging service WhatsApp has revealed a security breach that may have allowed a ‘malicious actor’ to access personal information. Picture: Stan Honda / AFP Source:AFP
WhatsApp on Tuesday encouraged its users to upgrade the app after a security breach allowed sophisticated attackers to sneak spyware into phones, in the latest headache for parent company Facebook.
The vulnerability — first reported by the Financial Times, and fixed in the latest WhatsApp update — allowed hackers to insert malicious software on phones by calling the target using the app, which is used by 1.5 billion people around the world.
“WhatsApp encourages people to upgrade to the latest version of our app, as well as keep their mobile operating system up to date, to protect against potential targeted exploits designed to compromise information stored on mobile devices,” a spokesperson said in a statement to AFP.
The FT cited a spyware dealer as saying the tool was developed by a shadowy Israel-based firm called the NSO Group, which has been accused of helping governments from the Middle East to Mexico snoop on activists and journalists.
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The firm said Tuesday that it only licenses its software to governments for “fighting crime and terror”.
The NSO Group “does not operate the system, and after a rigorous licensing and vetting process, intelligence and law enforcement determine how to use the technology to support their public safety missions”, it said in a statement to AFP.
“We investigate any credible allegations of misuse and if necessary, we take action, including shutting down the system.”
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