Israeli Spyware Company Paragon Solovshans have targeted several customers, including journalists and civil society members, said a MATA platform’s famous WhatsApp Chat Service official said.

The official said on Friday that the WhatsApp sent a ceasefire and a reporter to Paragon after the hack. In a statement, WhatsApp said the company “will continue to protect people’s ability to communicate privately.”

Paragon refuses to comment.

The WhatsApp official told Reuters that it had discovered an attempt to hack about 90 90 users.

The official refused to say, in particular, who was targeted. But he said the victims were living in more than two dozen countries, including many European people. He said that WhatsApp users were sent malicious electronic documents that do not require a user conversation to compromise with their goals, a so -called zero -click hack which is particularly considered to be sticky.

The official said that WhatsApp has subsequently disrupted hacking efforts and is referring to the goals of Canada’s Internet Watch Dog Group Citizens Lab. The official refused to discuss how he had determined that the paragon was responsible for the hack. He said that law enforcement agencies and industry partners have been informed, but refused to give details.

The FBI did not immediately return a comment.

Citizen Lab researcher John Scott Reilton said that the discovery of Paragon Spyware targeting users targeting users “is a reminder that fencing spyware is spreading and as it happens, so we see familiar samples of troubled use. Live. “

Spyware traders such as Paragon sell high -end surveillance software to government clients and generally consider their services important for fighting crime and protecting national security.

But such detective tools have repeatedly been discovered on the phone of journalists, activists, opposition politicians and at least 50 US officials, which has raised concerns over the unpredictable technology proliferation.

PARAGON – The alleged investment group AE industrial partners in Florida was acquired last month – has tried to give itself a public position as one of the more responsible players in the industry.

Its website “promotes insights to disrupt morally based tools, teams and insight into unbearable risks, and media reports citing the company familiarity say that Paragon is only in stable democratic countries Sells to governments.

Paragon has the reputation of being a better spyware company, “said Natalia Krapeva, a senior tech-legal lawyer for access to the lawyer group,” but the recent revelations of WhatsApp have been suggested otherwise. “

“This is not just a question of some bad apples – a feature of this type of abuse (are) a feature of the commercial spyware industry.”

AE did not immediately return a message that made a comment.

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