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May. 24, 2021 1:00 PM
Islamists hackers made use of a known exploit to try to hack the phone of a far-right Jewish official who serves as Jerusalem’s deputy mayor, highlighting the risks of the technique which allows anyone to block a victim out of the popular WhatsApp messaging service.
According to a video posted to an Israeli cybersecurity group, suspected hackers can be seen making multiple attempts to log into Aryeh King’s WhatsApp using his phone number, and then multiple additional attempts to fill in the verification code the app sends users in such cases.
Signal’s founder says he is fighting for free speech. But his conduct and threats to Israeli mobile data firm Cellebrite pose no less of a moral problem