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Lawsuit Claims Meta Can See WhatsApp Chats in Breach of Privacy
Jan 26 2026 // An international group of plaintiffs sued Meta Platforms, Inc. alleging that the company has made false claims about the privacy and security of its WhatsApp chat service. Meta has made so called “end-to-end”...
Venezuelan Oil Industry Is Running on WhatsApp After Cyberattack
Jan 16 2026 // Venezuela’s oil industry is running its day-to-day operations via phone calls and handwritten reports in the month since a cyberattack on state-owned oil giant Petróleos de Venezuela SA. A Dec. 15 attack shut down...
Indian Insurer’s Worker Posts Draft Earnings in WhatsApp Status
Jan 12 2026 // ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co., a unit of India’s second-largest private lender, said an employee uploaded undisclosed information about third quarter earnings as a personal WhatsApp status, days ahead of the...
Former WhatsApp Employee Says Bosses Ignored Cybersecurity Flaws
Sep 9 2025 // A former employee at Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging he repeatedly raised cybersecurity concerns about the messaging app with his superiors but was ignored and retaliated...
WhatsApp Finds New Hacking Campaign Targeting Fewer Than 200 People
Sep 2 2025 // WhatsApp said Aug. 29 it discovered an advanced cyberespionage effort that took advantage of a chain of security vulnerabilities in the app and Apple devices to hack them. A researcher with Amnesty International said...
NSO Group to Pay Nearly $168M to Meta’s WhatsApp for 2019 Hacking
May 7 2025 // A federal jury in California has ordered Israeli firm NSO Group to pay more than $167 million in punitive damages to Meta Platforms for installing malware on its WhatsApp messaging app six years ago. Spyware vendor NSO...
SEC’s WhatsApp Probe Expands as Rating Agencies Hit With Fines
Sep 4 2024 // Moody’s Corp., S&P Global Inc. and Fitch Ratings Inc. will pay a combined $48 million over allegations that the credit-rating companies failed to keep proper electronic communications — the latest fallout from...
Wall Street WhatsApp, Texting Fines Exceed $2.5 Billion
Aug 9 2023 // Wells Fargo & Co. and BNP Paribas SA are among firms that will pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties for employees using unofficial communications like WhatsApp, personal texts or email to conduct business...
Meta’s WhatsApp Fined 5.5M Euro by Lead EU Privacy Regulator
Jan 19 2023 // Meta’s WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead EU privacy regulator, for an additional breach of the bloc’s...
Russia Court Finds Meta Guilty of ‘Extremist Activity’; Ruling Will Not Affect WhatsApp
Mar 22 2022 // A Moscow court said on Monday that Meta was guilty of “extremist activity,” but the ruling will not affect its WhatsApp messenger service, focusing on the U.S. firm’s already-banned Facebook and Instagram...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Appeal Ireland’s €225 Million Data Privacy Fine
Sep 3 2021 // Ireland hit Facebook’s WhatsApp with a record 225 million euro ($266 million) fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the messaging app’s transparency around sharing personal data with other Facebook...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Expand Indian Partnerships to Offer Pensions, Insurance
Jul 24 2020 // Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for lower income individuals, the messaging platform’s country head said on Wednesday. WhatsApp,...
Basic IT Best Practice Would Have Limited WannaCry Cyber Attack: UK Report
Oct 30 2017 // The U.K. government holds North Korea responsible for the global WannaCry ransomware attack that crippled parts of the state-run National Health Service as a damning report highlighted its weak defense against such...
