WhatsApp spyware was used to snoop on 2 dozen Indian activists and journalists (Updated)
WhatsApp spyware was used to snoop on 2 dozen Indian activists and journalists (Updated)
by Ravie Lakshmanan —
WhatsApp has revealed that at least two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists, and journalists in India were the target of surveillance by threat operators using security firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.
The revelations, reported by news outlet Indian Express, come as the Facebook-owned messaging service filed a lawsuit against the Israeli company for helping government spies break into the phones of roughly 1,400 users across four continents in a hacking spree whose targets included diplomats, political dissidents, journalists, and senior government officials.
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