[Download]

Facebook permanently deletes the accounts of NSO workers

A day after Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued NSO Group, the social media platform has permanently deleted the accounts of employees who work at the Israel-based spyware maker, according to message boards and a security researcher who spoke to one worker.

According to WhatsApp, the attackers made the calls from WhatsApp accounts that were created for the purpose of infecting other WhatsApp users.

An Israel-based security researcher who spoke to an NSO employee said the deletions affected a much smaller percentage of the company's employees and didn't involve WhatsApp accounts.

Original article
Author: Dangoodin001

Serving the Technologist for more than a decade. IT news, reviews, and analysis.

Dangoodin001 has recently written 7 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Group is known for its robust, custom-made malware. IT firm says the link is a mistake". (December 11, 2020)
  2. "Facebook removes pages following discovery of a campaign that hid in plain sight". (July 2, 2019)
  3. "Already under scrutiny for spreading hate, social network also helps peddle spam and fraud". (April 5, 2019)
  4. "Here we go again. DOJ renews its "going dark" warning amid Facebook privacy shift". (October 4, 2019)
  5. "Apps improperly obtained user data, installed malware, and committed other offenses". (September 21, 2019)
  6. "The Facebook-owned messenger with 2 billion users revamps its privacy policy". (January 6, 2021)
  7. "HTML block almost perfectly reproduces Facebook single sign-on Window". (February 16, 2019)
Posted on  , ,