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WhatsApp hacked to spy on top govt officials at US allies - sources

By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter

Nov 1 2019 6:40AM

Journalists, human rights activists also targeted.

WhatsApp hacked to spy on top govt officials at US allies - sources

Senior government officials in multiple US-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook's WhatsApp to take over users' phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company's investigation. Sources familiar with WhatsApp’s internal ...

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