New Delhi has asked WhatsApp to 'explain the kind of breach and what it is doing to safeguard the privacy of millions of Indian citizens', Prasad wrote on Twitter, denying the government had used the malware to spy on its citizens. — Reuters
NEW DELHI: India demanded answers from WhatsApp over a snooping scandal Dec 31 after coming under fire from critics who accused authorities of using malware installed on the Facebook-owned messaging service to spy on citizens.
WhatsApp has filed a lawsuit in the United States against Israeli technology firm NSO Group, accusing it of using the hugely popular instant messaging platform to conduct cyberespionage on nearly 1,400 journalists, diplomats, dissidents and human right activists worldwide.
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