WhatsApp Alerts 200 Users After Fake iOS App Installed Spyware; Italian Firm Faces Action
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WhatsApp alerted about 200 users—predominantly in Italy—who were tricked into installing a counterfeit iOS WhatsApp app carrying spyware; the company is taking action against Asigint (an Italian SIO subsidiary) suspected of creating the fake app. The report situates the incident within broader European surveillance-tool activity and legal developments involving vendors and state use of spyware (mentions Spyrtacus, Graphite, Predator, and previous zero-day exploitation campaigns).
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