Will SC conduct further inquiry, asks Surjewala after Pegasus spyware case verdict in USRandeep Surjewala demanded answers from the Modi government and further inquiry by the Supreme Court following a US court verdict holding N...
22 Dec, 2024, 02.55 PM IST
300 WhatsApp numbers of Indians were spied on: Randeep Surjewala responds to Pegasus verdict; Here's what it saidA US court ruled that NSO Group illegally used a WhatsApp vulnerability to install Pegasus spyware, rejecting NSO's immunity claim. The cas...
22 Dec, 2024, 10.23 AM IST
US judge finds Israel's NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuitA U.S. judge ruled against NSO Group in a lawsuit filed by WhatsApp, accusing the Israeli spyware firm of exploiting a bug to install surve...
21 Dec, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
US Supreme Court lets Meta's WhatsApp pursue 'Pegasus' spyware suitThe justices turned away NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision that the lawsuit could move forward. NSO had argued that it is immune fro...
10 Jan, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
US Supreme Court seeks Joe Biden's views on WhatsApp 'Pegasus' spyware disputeThe justices are considering NSO's appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the lawsuit to move forward. NSO has argued that it is immun...
06 Jun, 2022, 08.40 PM IST
Govt officials world over among 1.4K WhatsApp users targeted in 2019: WhatsApp CEOWill Cathcart said that he saw parallels between the attack against WhatsApp users in 2019, which is now the subject of a lawsuit brought b...
24 Jul, 2021, 07.23 PM IST
Perjury plea against WhatsApp withdrawn amid HC hearingsThe petition claimed that though WhatsApp had declared in the Indian SC that its services were encrypted, it had conceded later before a US...
03 Dec, 2019, 08.01 AM IST
View: Make CERT-In liable to notify victims of cyberattacksWhatsApp breach shows Indian victims are stuck with no way to know if they have fallen prey to a cyberattack.
11 Nov, 2019, 06.07 AM IST
Snooping boosts government's WhatsApp traceability caseIt means anyone can now hack into a device, take control of it and use it to spread malicious rumours that are detrimental to national secu...
07 Nov, 2019, 09.19 AM IST
WhatsApp finally rolls out dark mode in beta; is it an effort to make up for security breaches?The dark theme on the WhatsApp beta is still under development.
04 Nov, 2019, 07.50 PM IST
KN Govindacharya files letter petition on WhatsApp NSO matter to SCGovindacharya has also written to Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking NIA investigation against FB, WhatsApp, NSO Group Technologies, and Q Cyber T...
04 Nov, 2019, 12.49 PM IST
Two parliamentary panels to take up WhatsApp snooping caseFacebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed enti...
03 Nov, 2019, 05.39 PM IST
Was BJP Govt spying on citizens, political leaders ahead of 2019 elections, asks CongressCongress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked whether those sitting in the echelons of power are guilty of criminal offences and whet...
03 Nov, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
After Pegasus spying row, India asks WhatsApp to explain privacy breachIndia is awaiting WhatsApp’s response to decide on the next action, which could include imposition of penalty.
02 Nov, 2019, 02.55 PM IST
View: WhatsApp spyware episode should be a wake-up call for IndiaIndia holds for around a fourth of WhatsApp’s global 1.5 bn accounts. The security hole has made many fearful.
02 Nov, 2019, 12.08 PM IST
WhatsApp confirms Indian journalists and activists targeted in hackFacebook's messaging platform alleged that the Israeli NSO Group targeted some 1,400 users. While WhatsApp declined to reveal the identitie...
01 Nov, 2019, 01.28 PM IST
Furore erupts over WhatsApp spying exposéOn Thursday, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter to reiterate the Centre’s concern at the breach of privacy of Indians, and sai...
01 Nov, 2019, 07.46 AM IST