Whatsapp said that users of Israeli spy company Paragon target | Social media news
A official of Yuan had a platform that it detected that Paragon tried to crack its user account.
An official of Meta's popular WhatsApp chat service said that the Israeli spy company Paragon Solutions, including 90 users, including reporters and members of the people.
The official told the Reuters News Agency on Friday that WhatsApp sent a stop letter to Paragon after hackers.
The official refused to disclose who was targeted at the target, but confirmed that WhatsApp was referred to the Canadian Internet monitoring dog group citizenship laboratory.
He refused to disclose how WhatsApp was determined that Paragon was responsible for violations. He said that law enforcement and industry partners have been informed, but will not be introduced in detail.
WhatsApp said in a statement that the company “will continue to protect people's ability to communicate privately.”
WhatsApp also told the British “Guardian” newspaper that it has “high confidence”. These users have become the goal and “may compromise.”
Paragon refused to comment.
Researcher John Scott-Railton, a researcher at the Citizenship Lab, told Reuters that the discovery of the Paragon spy software for WhatsApp users reminds people that the mercenary spy software continues to spread, so we continue to see see Familiar with problematic use mode. “
Paragon sells high -end surveillance software to government customers. They usually propagate their services. It is essential to combat crimes and protect national security.
Similar spy tools (allowing remote access to mobile devices without the knowledge of the victim) found on the reporter, a telephone number of radicals and at least 50 U.S. officials, which caused people to worry about the spread of spy software technology that is not controlled by the diffusion of spy software technology. Essence
In recent years, several reports have found that the PEGASUS spy software manufactured by Israel has been used by governments around the world to monitor radicals, reporters and even head of state.
According to reports, Paragon, a former Prime Minister of Israel, co -founded by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, sold it to the US private equity company AE industrial partner at a price of $ 900 million in 2024.
The company's website promotes “moral tools, teams and insights to destroy tricky threats.”
Natalia Krapiva, a senior technical legal adviser to advocate Organization, said that Paragon's reputation is to become a responsible spy software company, “but the recent revelation of WhatsAppPP shows other situations.
She told Reuters: “This is not only the problem of some bad apples-the abuse of these types (the characteristics of the business spy software industry).”
Reuters said AE did not immediately return to the news of seeking comments.