WhatsApp confirms Indian activists and journalists were hacked as NSO claims it’s 'contractually prohibited'

WhatsApp confirms that at least two dozen Indian activists and journalists were hacked.NSO Group claims that targeting a specific group of people is ‘contractually prohibited’.NSO Group also claims that their software aims to align itself with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.Journalists and activists using WhatsApp were left vulnerable when the NSO Group — an Israeli hacker collective — found a way to sneak past the messaging service’s encryption and install spyware on phones.According to WhatsApp, at least two dozen academicians, lawyers, activists and journalists in India were among the 1,400 users that were allegedly hacked. NSO Group was allegedly able to conduct surveillance over the affected users by planting malware by dropping a simple missed call on WhatsApp.“It

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