The Meta platform clerk says he has discovered the attempts of paragon to hack his users’ accounts.
The Meta of the Popular WhatsApp Chat Services Meta said that the Israeli spy company Paragon Solutions aimed at 90 of its users, including journalists and members of civil society.
On Friday, the clerk told the Reuters News Agency that WhatsApp had sent a paragon letter on tribute and desistening after a hack.
The official refused to say who, specifically, was the target, but confirmed that WhatsApp sent goals to the Canadian Internet Guard of the Citizen Lab.
He refused to say that WhatsApp found that Paragon was responsible for violation. He said police and industrial partners were informed, but he would not go into detail.
In a statement, WhatsApp said that the company “will continue to protect the ability of people to communicate privately”.
WhatsApp also told the Guardian United Kingdom newspaper that he had a “high confidence” that the users in question were targeted and “perhaps endangered”.
Paragon refused to comment.
Citizen LAB researcher John Scott-Railton told Reuters that the discovery is Paragon Spyware, which targets WhatsApp users “a reminder that spy software mercenary is still expanding and as we do, so we still see famous patterns of problematic use.”
Paragon sales Software of top -notch controls to government clients. They usually advertise their services as critical for the fight against crime and the protection of national security.
Similar spy tools – which allow remote access to mobile devices without the knowledge of the victim – have been discovered on journalists, activists and at least 50 US officials, causing concern about the unverified spying technology technology.
Several reports in recent years have discovered that Israeli made Pegasus Spy Software Governments used around the world Spying activists, journalists and even the heads of the state.
Paragon, faced by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, was reportedly sold to an American private capital company AE industrial partners, for $ 900 million in 2024.
The company’s website advertises “ethically grounded tools, teams and insights to disturb the unspeakable threats.”
Natalia Krapiva, a senior technician-legal advisor at the Access Now advocate, said Paragon had a reputation with a more responsible spy company, “but recently revealed WhatsApp suggested otherwise.”
“This is not just a question of some bad apples – this kind of abuse [are] A feature of the commercial industry of spy software, “she told Reuters.
Reuters said Ae did not immediately return the message asking for a comment.
