Human rights lawyer at the center of the WhatsApp security breach calls hack 'ironic'

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Human rights lawyer at the center of the WhatsApp security breach calls hack 'ironic.'

The human rights lawyer at the center of the WhatsApp security breach said it"doesn’t come as a surprise" that the same spyware whose use he is suing against was allegedly used on him.

The victim of the attempted hack is a London-based human rights lawyer, who spoke on the condition that his name not be revealed for security reasons. He told ABC News he recently noticed suspicious activity on this mobile phone. "NSO operates according to the law and adheres to a clear ethical policy that is meant to prevent misuse of its technology," NSO told ABC News in a statement."NSO only licenses its technology to approved government intelligence and law enforcement agencies for the sole purpose of preventing and fighting crime and terror, according to clear definitions."

"It’s all upsetting, but also the same time, it doesn’t come as a surprise especially the case that we’re working on -- hacking attacks by using the same technology, against lawyers or journalists or political activists, so this attempt is consistent with these other attempts in which this technology had been used," the lawyer said."It’s very ironic."

WhatsApp did not comment on details of the breach, but said the company is sharing information with the Department of Justice to assist in an investigation.

 

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Some people are now in prison because of some whatsapp & e-mail, so it is dangerous to trust them now.

The Trump admin uses WhatsApp to discuss their secret dealings.

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