WhatsApp confirms Catalan politician's phone was target of 2019 attack
by Stephanie Kirchgaessner from on (#567T0)
Attack on Roger Torrent seen as possible act of domestic espionage
WhatsApp has confirmed that the mobile phone of a leading pro-independence politician in Catalonia was targeted over its messaging app in a 2019 attack that has been condemned as a possible case of domestic espionage in Europe.
In a letter to Roger Torrent, the speaker of the Catalan parliament, and obtained by the Guardian and El Pais, the company confirmed that his personal WhatsApp account was targeted in an attempt to gain unauthorised access to data and communications on the device".
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