This week, WhatsApp began urging its 1.5 billion or so users to update their apps to get the latest security patch. Without naming the company, WhatsApp described the hackers as "a private company that has been known to work with governments to deliver spyware." A spokesperson for WhatsApp later told The Associated Press: "We're certainly not refuting any of the [news] coverage you've seen." WhatsApp has said that the vulnerability that allowed the hack to occur involved a missed call coming to the phone through the app. WhatsApp says the actual number of people who were affected by this attack amounted to maybe a couple dozen.

Source: CBC News May 15, 2019 07:52 UTC