{"id":575,"date":"2019-11-06T17:01:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/?p=575"},"modified":"2019-11-06T17:01:15","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T17:01:15","slug":"israeli-spyware-whatsapp-hack-raises-global-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.namorgy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/06\/israeli-spyware-whatsapp-hack-raises-global-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli spyware: WhatsApp hack raises global fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.asiatimes.com\/uploads\/2019\/11\/WhatsApp-Surveillance-Pegasus-900x540.jpg\" class=\"iii-article-image\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0; max-width: 250px; max-height: 150px;\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"iii-article-excerpt\">\n  In the middle of October this year, the world&#8217;s biggest messaging platform, WhatsApp, started sending out alerts to select users advising them that their security had been compromised. 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