Whatsapp piracy attack confirmed by Meta – what you need to know

Communication is so much easier than a few decades ago and so much more dangerous. Gmail users have just been warned of the most sophisticated AI attack, social media is a reproductive ground for new threats, and even iPhone users cannot escape cyberatta3. Meta confirmed that a compulsory piracy attack in zero click, without interaction had an impact on users of the WhatsApp secure messaging platform. Here is what we know so far.

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Confirmed: WhatsApp users affected by a zero click Hack

As indicated for the first time by The Guardian, WhatsApp users have been targeted by a sophisticated spy software hacking attack requiring any user interaction. WhatsApp told the newspaper that he had great confidence that the users he had stretched out had been targeted and possibly compromised.

Although the precise details of the latter, and frankly very worrying, the cyber attack against WhatsApp users are limited at the moment, Meta has confirmed that the pirat would have been victims of the attackers still anonymous. “This is the last example of the reason why spy software companies must be held responsible for their illegal actions. WhatsApp will continue to protect people’s ability to communicate in private, “said Meta spokesperson.

What we know is that a group of some 90 high -risk Whatsapp users was targeted, although Meta did not confirm where they were geographically, even if they were thought of more than more 20 countries. What he said, however, is that these users were compromised by spy software from a software company based in Israel called Paragon Solutions. It is understood that Meta has published a letter to stop and abstain to Paragon and explore other legal paths. Paragon, meanwhile, has not yet commented.

“Paragon spy software is known as the graphite and have capacities comparable to the PEGASUS spy software in the NSO group,” said Stephanie Kirchgaessner, head of surveys for the US Guardian, “once a phone is infected By graphite, the SPY software operator access to the phone, including the possibility of reading messages sent via encrypted applications such as WhatsApp and Signal. This is a story of rupture and I met it as more information becomes available.

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