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Meta denies
A former WhatsApp employee accuses the company of ignoring critical cybersecurity issues and firing him after internal complaints. Meta denies the allegations.
Schwachstelle
The messenger service WhatsApp has fixed a critical security vulnerability in its Apple clients that allowed attackers to install spyware without user intervention. According to Meta, the vulnerability with the identifier CVE-2025-55177 was already fixed a few weeks ago.
Roskomnadzor
Russia restricts calls with the foreign messenger services WhatsApp and Telegram to allegedly ward off terrorists and fraudsters.
Ads for 1.5 billion users
The chat service WhatsApp introduces advertisements in the “News” section.
Spyware Pegasus
Five years ago, it became known that hundreds of WhatsApp users had been spied on. The developer of the surveillance software has now been fined heavily.
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