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An employee of the Meta -owned platform says he has discovered Paragon attempts to hack accounts for his users.
An employee of Meta's popular chat service said that Israeli spy company Paragon Solutions is aimed at 90 of its users, including journalists and members of civil society.
The employee told Reuters news agency on Friday that WhatsApp had sent to Paragon a letter of termination and bias after the Hak.
The employee declined to say who was more referred to, but confirmed that WhatsApp was forwarding targets to the Canadian Laboratory of the Internet Guardian group.
He declined to say howsapp found Paragon responsible for the violation. He said the law enforcement agencies were informed but would not go into detail.
In a statement Whatsapp said the company “would continue to protect people's ability to communicate privately.”
WhatsApp also told the UK Guardian newspaper that there is a “high confidence” that the users in question were directed and “possibly compromised”.
Paragon declined to comment.
Citizen Lab John Scott-Rilton explorer told Reuters that opening Paragon Spyware aimed at WhatsApp users “is a reminder that hired spy software continues to distribute and as it does, so we continue to see familiar models of problematic patterns use “.
Paragon sells high -end monitoring software to state customers. They usually advertise their services as critical of the fight against crime and protection of national security.
Such spy tools – which allow remote access to mobile devices without the knowledge of the victim – have been found on the phones of journalists, activists and at least 50 US officials who raise concerns about the unverified distribution of spy technology.
Several reports in recent years have found that this Israeli spyware Pegasus Used by governments all over the world To spy activists, journalists and even state heads.
It is reported that Paragon, which co -founded former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, was sold to an American private capital company, Ae Industrial Partners, for $ 900 million in 2024.
The company's website advertises “ethically -based tools, teams and insights to violate insoluble threats”.
Natalia Krapiva, a senior technology lawyer at the Advocacy Group Access Now, said Paragon has the reputation of a more responsible spyware company, “but the latest revelations of WhatsApp suggest.”
“This is not only a matter of some bad apples – these types of abuse (Ca) characteristics of the commercial spy industry,” she told Reuters.
Reuters said AE did not return a message looking for a comment immediately.
