Vulnerability in WhatsApp

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Vulnerability in WhatsApp

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If you use WhatsApp, make sure that you have the latest update - see WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack.

(also posted in the Security and Backup forum)
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Thanks Hans. I've just updated, my version now is 2.19.134. I assume this is the latest ?
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As far as I know, yes.
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TX. :thumbup:
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Some article I read mentions "missed calls in WhatsApp during uncanny hours" as an indication of possible attack. For those who wonder how you would know, whether you are affected, no guarantees it is always like that. Also, this attack seems highly specific and affected phone amount might well be only a couple world-wide.
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Young wrote:
12 Apr 2021, 14:24
Some article I read mentions "missed calls in WhatsApp during uncanny hours" as an indication of possible attack. For those who wonder how you would know, whether you are affected, no guarantees it is always like that. Also, this attack seems highly specific and affected phone amount might well be only a couple world-wide.
Interesting.

Your post seems to be a word for word copy of the fourth post in this thread at Reddit: WhatsApp Vulnerability: Announced Today : Reddit

Are you otherwise known as "RegularAlicorn"?
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Leif wrote:
12 Apr 2021, 15:06
...the fourth post in this thread at Reddit...
Which is a post made a year ago.

Meanwhile, here, this thread is two years old :scratch:

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Or, in the words of Bugs Bunny, "WhatsApp, Doc"?
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