WhatsApp issues alert after users download fake spyware app: Here’s how to avoid such threats
WhatsApp has alerted around 200 users who downloaded a fake version of the app laced with spyware, primarily targeting iPhone users in Italy. The company has logged out the affected users and sent them warnings, and has also served a legal notice to the Italian surveillance software company SIO responsible for the malicious app.
WhatsApp notified roughly 200 users who downloaded a counterfeit version of the app. The fake app was built by Italian surveillance software company SIO and targeted iPhone users. WhatsApp's security team tracked down the affected accounts, mostly based in Italy, and logged them out of the platform. The company sent direct alerts warning them of the threat. SIO has been linked to creating malicious applications before. WhatsApp has served a legal notice to SIO, demanding it halt its operations.
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