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WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with Paragon spyware
The Meta-owned company said the campaign was linked to Israeli spyware maker Paragon.
A WhatsApp spokesperson told TechCrunch that the campaign was linked to Paragon, an Israeli spyware maker that was acquired in December of last year by American private equity giant AE Industrial. The New Yorker cited a Paragon source as saying the contract came after a vetting process whereby the company demonstrated its technology had controls to prevent customers abroad from targeting U.S. residents. Natalia Krapiva, the senior tech-legal counsel at Access Now, a digital rights organization that investigates spyware abuses, celebrated the actions taken by WhatsApp.
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