WhatsApp claims surveillance company used US-based servers to spy on users

In May 2019, WhatsApp identified and fixed a loophole that enabled cybercriminals to install spyware on smartphones just by ringing the victim’s phone. The was exploited in particular and it did not require users to answer the calls.
  
Around 1,400 users were affected, including journalists and human rights defendants in at least 20 countries. Later in October, the attack was blamed on the Israeli spyware developer NSO Group, also known as Q Cyber Technologies.
 
Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, is that US-based servers were used by the NSO Group to target WhatsApp users ...

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