WhatsApp can be hacked by reverse engineering algorithm
WhatsApp can be hacked by reverse engineering algorithm
Whatsapp is already fighting with government and law enforcement agencies saying they give end-to-end encryption and no way to break into it.
An Israeli cybersecurity firm broke into its encryption and hacked the WhatsApp encryption.
What actually done by Israeli cybersecurity company?
The Israeli company claims that they had shared their work with WhatsApp informing of the vulnerability in their messaging app.
The Israel company claims that they hacked the WhatsApp encryption and smashed into the end-to-end chat encryption.
The Israeli company also claims that they not only intercept and decrypt a WhatsApp message but can also change the sender's identity as well.
They have now issued a press release with the details and the images of the screenshots where the original message and the manipulated one.
What is the real issue?
This vulnerability can be exploited by any unscrupulous person to plant a rumor and alter the sender’s identity to make it sound as if it is the real source. The results can be quite damaging. You just have to go back a few months when the Indian government had to summon the WhatsApp officials following reports of violence from many parts of the country following false rumors being spread through WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp took a few steps like mentioning the ‘Forwarded’ indication prominent and then going on to add features like how many times a message has been forwarded and so on.
The Israeli cybersecurity company demonstrated it by doing reverse-engineering on the algorithm that WhatsApp uses to encrypt and decrypt messages.
What Action taken by WhatsApp company?
WhatsApp has not officially reacted to the report and every user must be hoping that the company takes the actions needed to prevent anything like this from happening.
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