On Friday, Metawapp said on Friday that it had violated a campaign that provided for the use of spyware to orientation for journalists and civil society.
The company aimed at about 90 members provided for the use of spyware from an Israeli company known as Paragon Solutions. The attackers were neutralized in December 2024.
In A statement For The Guardian, the encrypted messaging application stated that she had appealed to the affected users, saying that he had “high confidence” that users were aimed and “possibly compromised.” It is now unknown who is behind the company and how long it has taken place.
It is said that the attack chain is zero click, that is, the deployment of spy software occurs without requiring user interaction. He is suspected to enable the distribution of a specially provided PDF file sent to people who have been added to group chats on WhatsApp.
The company also showed that she had sent the parano to “stop and refuse” and that she considered other options. Development notes for the first time when the company was due to cases where its technology was abused.
Allegedly A group of nsoParagon is a manufacturer of observation software called Graphite, which is offered by public clients to combat digital threats. It was purchased In the US Investment Group Ae Industrial Partners in December in a $ 500 million agreement.
On it The Barebon SiteThe company claims that it gives clients “ethically based instruments” to “break unsolved threats”, as well as to offer “cyber -and courts to search and analyze digital data”.
At the end of 2022, this was revealed Graphite The US Drug Fighting (DEA) was used for cellar surgery. Last year’s Democracy and Technology Center (CDT) called further Internal Security Department to release details of $ 2 million with a pair.
The company’s news comes a few weeks after the judge in California ruled in favor of WhatsApp In a landmark against NSO Group for using its infrastructure to deliver spyware Pegasus software up to 1400 devices in May 2019.
Meta’s disclosure also coincided with The arrest of former Polish Justice Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro The allegations were to authorize the use of Pegasus spyware to survey opposition leaders and oversee the cases where technology was used.
