Ancestors

Written by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on 2025-01-31 at 15:16

NEW: WhatsApp says it has notified 90 victims, including journalists and members of civil society, that they were targeted with spyware made by Paragon.

The company said the technique used in the campaign, which relied on malicious PDFs sent via chat groups, has now been fixed.

This is the first time that Paragon is linked to alleged abuse of its products.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/whatsapp-says-it-disrupted-a-hacking-campaign-targeting-journalists-with-spyware/

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Toot

Written by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on 2025-01-31 at 20:44

We updated the story to include new details from WhatsApp: the targets were in more than two dozen countries, including countries in Europe.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/31/whatsapp-says-it-disrupted-a-hacking-campaign-targeting-journalists-with-spyware/

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Descendants

Written by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai on 2025-01-31 at 20:54

Italian journalist Francesco Cancellato said he was one of the targets of the hacking campaign, after he received the notification from WhatsApp.

"It is also our interest to know, if it is possible to do so, who ordered this espionage activity,” he said.

https://x.com/fcancellato/status/1885424788237082900

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Written by Buttered Jorts on 2025-01-31 at 20:52

@lorenzofb Europe is a country? 😉

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Written by Buccia on 2025-01-31 at 21:20

@lorenzofb Wondering if Italian taxpayers’ money was used in this case.

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