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WhatsApp attacked by advanced spyware via missed calls
10:30 AM,
May 14, 2019
Abiodun Ogundairo
Science & Tech
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A missed call on WhatsApp was enough to infect some of the app users' phones with advanced spying software, the messaging platform has said. The malicious program was reportedly developed by Israel's NSO group.
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