WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app

WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app

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https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/10/30/whatsapp-sues-israeli-security-firm-for-injecting-malware-into-targets-phones-through-its-app/

WhatsApp just sued Israel-based security company, the NSO Group, in a US federal court for allegedly injecting malware into over 1,400 targets’ phones through the messaging service.

The Facebook-owned company accused the NSO Group of installing malware into phones for surveillance. The court filing says the security company wasn’t able to break WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, so it used malicious code to snoop on chat messages.

WhatsApp sues Israeli security firm for injecting malware into targets’ phones through its app

Oct 30, 2019, 7:18am UTC
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/10/30/whatsapp-sues-israeli-security-firm-for-injecting-malware-into-targets-phones-through-its-app/ > WhatsApp just sued Israel-based security company, the NSO Group, in a US federal court for allegedly injecting malware into over 1,400 targets’ phones through the messaging service. > The Facebook-owned company accused the NSO Group of installing malware into phones for surveillance. The court filing says the security company wasn’t able to break WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, so it used malicious code to snoop on chat messages.