WhatsApp sent second alert to Centre in September saying that 121 Indians were targeted: Reports

In response to the Centre’s notice, Facebook-owned WhatsApp attached a vulnerability note filed in May and a letter sent in September about the privacy breach.

Which govt wing bought Pegasus, who allowed snooping, asks Congress to Centre

Congress upped the ante against Modi govt on recent accusations of public surveillance through WhatsApp questioning which department purchased the Israeli software Pegasus

Kapil Sibal on Twitter

“Israeli NSO sold spyware Pegasus only to Governments Before WhatsApp answers our Govt. must tell us : 1) Which wing of Govt. purchased Pegasus 2) At what price 3) Who handled it’s operations 4) Who gave instructions for snooping 5) Which other plat

Fixed security issue, told Indian govt about spying attempt: WhatsApp

In India, where there are 400 million WhatsApp users, the security breach was allegedly used to spy on activists, journalists and government critics.

Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica while admitting no liability

Facebook admits to no liability as part of the agreement.

How spyware Pegasus used WhatsApp servers to infect phones and steal data

Pegasus has been around for three years and is considered one of the most sophisticated spyware in the market

WhatsApp confirms: Israeli spyware was used to snoop on Indian journalists, activists

It is learnt that at least two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists and journalists in India were contacted and alerted by WhatsApp that their phones had been under state-of-the-art surveillance for a two-week period until May 2019.

Indian Govt. A Likely Culprit in WhatsApp Snooping Scandal, Pegasus Documents Show

Court documents submitted by Facebook indicate the Pegasus software, developed by the NSO Group, could only be sold with the approval of Israel’s Ministry of Defence, and required significant local infrastructure and support.

iPhone users may get £750 each from Google over 'illegal' data snooping

IPHONE fans in the UK may be due a £750 payout from Google over alleged illegal data harvesting. That’s because a mass legal action against the tech titan over claims it collected sensitive d…

Snooping on Google

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Amazon admits employees listen to audio from Echo devices

Amusing Alexa conversations were reportedly shared internally among Amazon workers

I&B ministry to snoop on emails and profile Twitter users

With less than a year to go for the general election, the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is setting up a social media monitoring hub and plans to use ₹45 Crore of taxpayers’ money to snoop on taxpayers

Cambridge Analytica worked ‘extensively’ in India, and for Congress: Whistleblower tells UK parliamentary panel

Cambridge Analytica worked “extensively” in India, and operated a system of “modern day colonialism,” globally undermining democratic processes across the world, a British parliamentary committee hear

Indian Prime Minister accused of spying on citizens using app

The Prime Minister's party says the 5m users' data was only used for 'analytics'

How CIA Spies Access India's Biometric Aadhaar Database | GGI News

Read UIDAI and Cross Match’s reply to this story and our response to them here Foreign Firms Given Access To Your Unencrypted Aadhaar Data. Our international readers can read this story in French here and in Turkish here. On 19th December 2017 this issue

Xiaomi phones covertly send user data to China: report | Digit