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WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

#11
It's not just the NSO group. Hacking Team is not exactly shy about the services they offer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking_Team

FinFisher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FinFisher

MiniPanzer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniPanzer_and_MegaPanzer

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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post #7

All my life I've thought spyware was developed primarily by evil Russian and Chinese hackers. But apparently also by Israeli developers with their government's blessing and open endorsement. That's some very shady stuff. Before someone says something about government surveillance of fiber cables. Yes, that is also bad, but exploiting vulnerabilities to install spyware on peoples phones... It crosses yet another line…

They managed to destroy Iranian nuclear centrifuges using a very sophisticated attack. Read up on Stuxnet.

Also, as an Israeli, I can 100% confirm that Israelis have absolutely no issues with crossing any kind of boundary. The fact that others think that such a thing as "boundaries" exist only serves as an advantage.

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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post #7

All my life I've thought spyware was developed primarily by evil Russian and Chinese hackers. But apparently also by Israeli developers with their government's blessing and open endorsement. That's some very shady stuff. Before someone says something about government surveillance of fiber cables. Yes, that is also bad, but exploiting vulnerabilities to install spyware on peoples phones... It crosses yet another line…

>All my life I've thought spyware was developed primarily by evil Russian and Chinese hackers. But apparently also by Israeli developers with their government's blessing and open endorsement.

Guess who controls the media and therefore the narrative.

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones Messaging app discovers vulnerability that has been open for weeks NSO's Pegasus software can allegedly penetrate any iPhone via one simple missed call on WhatsApp Mehul Srivastava in Tel Aviv MAY 13, 2019 Print this page A vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackersto inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a…

Is this the full FT article?

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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post #12
post #7

All my life I've thought spyware was developed primarily by evil Russian and Chinese hackers. But apparently also by Israeli developers with their government's blessing and open endorsement. That's some very shady stuff. Before someone says something about government surveillance of fiber cables. Yes, that is also bad, but exploiting vulnerabilities to install spyware on peoples phones... It crosses yet another line…

They managed to destroy Iranian nuclear centrifuges using a very sophisticated attack. Read up on Stuxnet. Also, as an Israeli, I can 100% confirm that Israelis have absolutely no issues with crossing any kind of boundary. The fact that others think that such a thing as "boundaries" exist only serves as an advantage.

Enough of your conspiracy theories

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They managed to destroy Iranian nuclear centrifuges using a very sophisticated attack. Read up on Stuxnet. Also, as an Israeli, I can 100% confirm that Israelis have absolutely no issues with crossing any kind of boundary. The fact that others think that such a thing as "boundaries" exist only serves as an advantage.

Enough of your conspiracy theories

Unsure if joking. Look up stuxnet

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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post #14
post #7

All my life I've thought spyware was developed primarily by evil Russian and Chinese hackers. But apparently also by Israeli developers with their government's blessing and open endorsement. That's some very shady stuff. Before someone says something about government surveillance of fiber cables. Yes, that is also bad, but exploiting vulnerabilities to install spyware on peoples phones... It crosses yet another line…

>All my life I've thought spyware was developed primarily by evil Russian and Chinese hackers. But apparently also by Israeli developers with their government's blessing and open endorsement. Guess who controls the media and therefore the narrative.

...

Re: WhatsApp voice calls were used to inject spyware on phones

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WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones Messaging app discovers vulnerability that has been open for weeks NSO's Pegasus software can allegedly penetrate any iPhone via one simple missed call on WhatsApp Mehul Srivastava in Tel Aviv MAY 13, 2019 Print this page A vulnerability in the messaging app WhatsApp has allowed attackersto inject commercial Israeli spyware on to phones, the company and a…

Is this the full FT article?

Looks like it, from the archive.is link above.
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