WhatsApp 'hack' is serious rights violation, say alleged victims
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner, Nick Hopkins and Oliver H from Technology | The Guardian on (#4TGXQ)
Activists speak out after being warned of alleged cyber-attack to infiltrate mobile phones
More than a dozen pro-democracy activists, journalists and academics have spoken out after WhatsApp privately warned them they had allegedly been the victims of cyber-attacks designed to secretly infiltrate their mobile phones.
The individuals received alerts saying they were among more than 100 human rights campaigners whose phones were believed to have been hacked using malware sold by NSO Group, an Israeli cyberweapons company.
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