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The jury is still out on whether there was even a hack to begin with. The analysis team claimed they couldn't decrypt WhatsApp messages, so they never actually
by Natsu 6y ago
The jury is still out on whether there was even a hack to begin with. The analysis team claimed they couldn't decrypt WhatsApp messages, so they never actually analyzed any malware at all. HN called them out on that failure:
https://github.com/ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt https://github.com/ddz/whatsapp-media-decrypt
They never responded with an actual malware analysis on the file they claimed might be responsible.
The only evidence left after that was a claim of higher data usage which has to be weighed against the alternate explanation for how this got out:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martingiles/2020/01/24/report-bezos-texts-leaked-first-from-his-girlfriend-to-her-brother-according-to-prosecutors/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/martingiles/2020/01/24/report-b...