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Snooping row: WhatsApp regrets not meeting govt expectations
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SME Times News Bureau | 20 Nov, 2019
With the government accusing WhatsApp of not informing it on time and
with details that personal data of Indians was compromised by a spyware,
a spokesperson for the Facebook-owned instant messaging app said it
regrets that it did not meet the "Governments expectations for proactive
engagement on these issues."
The Computer Emergency Response
Team (CERT-In) had published a vulnerability note on May 17 advising
countermeasures to users about a vulnerability in WhatsApp, according to
Union Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
WhatsApp reported an incident to the CERT-In on May 20, the Minister said.
The
Minister said that WhatsApp wrote to CERT-In again on September 5
mentioning an update to the security incident reported in May 2019, that
while the full extent of this attack may never be known, WhatsApp
continued to review the available information.
Prasad said
WhatsApp has informed the government that the spyware Pegasus was
developed by the Israel based NSO Group which had used the spyware to
attempt to reach the mobile phones of a possible 1,400 users globally
that includes 121 users from India.
Responding to allegations
that WhatsApp did not provide adequate details clearly, the messaging
platform's spokesperson said that it would "strive to do better".
"WhatsApp
considers it a privilege to serve and carry the trust of more than 400
million people in India. We are deeply committed to protecting the
privacy of our users in India by providing industry-leading security for
all messages and calls and by staying ahead of advanced threats to user
security," the WhatsApp spokesperson said in a statement.
"The
Government also plays a critical role here and we are committed to
continuing to engage them in a timely manner on sensitive issues related
to user privacy and security," the statement added.
"We look
forward to working with the Government to address their appropriate
concerns and provide the best possible protections to all those who rely
on WhatsApp to communicate."
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