Facebook is suing Israeli company for hacking WhatsApp

 Facebook filed a complaint report against NSO Group , an Israeli company cybersafety. Facebook has accused it of hacking the WhatsApp app , installing spyware on 1,400 devices in 20 countries from April to May this year. Facebook did not name an NSO customer, but revealed that the attacks were focused on devices from Mexico, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

WhatsApp also revealed that the victims include 100 journalists, women in power, human rights activists and political dissidents.

The NSO denies involvement in the attacks and claims that the technology Pegasus sells to governments around the world is used only to save lives and fight terrorism. The attackers introduced Pegasus to their victims’ mobiles simply by calling them, and the victims did not even have to answer the call. And while Facebook claims that spyware cannot crack WhatsApp encryption, it can access the messages once they have been decrypted on the recipient’s phone.

The NSO had previously denied any involvement in the attack, stating that ” under no circumstances is NSO involved in handling this technology “. But our research showed the opposite …

The NSO said in September that ” human rights protection is embedded in all aspects of our work “. But she insists she has no idea what her spyware goals are. Both cannot be true. The least that technology leaders can do is to support David Kaye’s call for the UN to immediately control the sale, transportation and use of such dangerous spyware. – Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp