ALERT: Why you need to stop using WhatsApp right now
Do you use the messaging app?
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Delicia Smith
WhatsApp users have been urged to upgrade the app after a serious security breach allowed spyware to be put onto phones.
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The hackers attacked a select group of activists and journalists, though all users of the messaging app have been advised to update to the latest version.
The vulnerability — first reported by the Financial Times — allowed hackers to insert malicious software on phones by calling the target using the app, which is used by 1.5 billion people around the world.