Tag Archives: Government officials around the globe targeted for hacking through WhatsApp: sources

Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries, including Pakistan, were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company’s investigation. Sources familiar with WhatsApp’s internal investigation into the breach said a “significant” portion of the known victims are high-profile government and military officials spread …

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