USNMix Report: WhatsApp
confesses,
121 people from India have been made victims, hackers entered into 20's phones.
121 people from India have been made victims, hackers entered into 20's phones.
Facebook-owned app WhatsApp
has informed the Indian government that 121 people from India were targeted in
hacking by Israel's NSO group, out of which 20 people had stolen phone data,
although the company has not told those whose What are the data stolen from the
phone? Explain that the NSO Group has spied 1,400 people around the world
through Pegasus Software.
Whatsapp apologized
Recently, sources were
quoted saying that WhatsApp has apologized to the government for hacking via
Pegasus software.
Also expressed confidence that all security measures are
being ensured to address the concerns related to it. Sources said that the
government had instructed WhatsApp to strengthen its security and said that it
will not be tolerated if there is a breach in its security in future.
Spying of 121 Indians
Pegasus spyware was created
by the NSO company of Israel and was used to spy around 1400 people. 121 of
these were Indians. After the matter came to light, the government had issued a
notice to WhatsApp seeking information on the cyber attack. WhatsApp told the
government that it had alerted the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team
(CERT-In) in September itself.
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