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> Real question: Has WhatsApp ever had a security leak that we know about? Example: Someone can break into accounts, or chats were leaked? Yes, a bunch of them
by diggan 2y ago
> Real question: Has WhatsApp ever had a security leak that we know about? Example: Someone can break into accounts, or chats were leaked?
Yes, a bunch of them. I don't remember any of the years, but from the top of my head:
- Pegasus was installable via Whatsapp calls that didn't need to be installed, probably the most famous vulnerability with the largest impact
- Bunch of multimedia vulnerabilities that allowed attackers remote execution
- At least one huge database dump was released at some point
- throwaway2037 2y agoOh, I forgot about Pegasus. Hat tip there.