US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

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US government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by the US House of Representative Staff, saying that the app has given a potential security risk, Reuters pose ReportBy quoting a memory sent to the employees of the house.

“The CyberSSCURITY office has said that the use of data to WhatsApp, the absence of stored data encryption and the potential security risks involved in its use, is a high risk to users because of the lack of transparency,” said Reuters Memo.

Instead of the memo, employees suggest using applications such as signals, omes, facetime and Microsoft teams, the report says.

Meta in January D It detected and disrupted a hacking promotion targeting about 90 WhatsApp user with journalists. The hack was associated with Paragon Solutions, an Israeli spyware maker Was acquired in December last year American Private Equity Giants by this industry partners.

And accordingly A research report in MayThe governments of Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Israel and Singapore are probably Paragon customers.

Meta did not immediately return any request for the comment.

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