WhatsApp says journalists and civil society members were targets of Israeli spyware A WhatsApp official revealed that Israeli spyware firm Paragon Solutions hacked into accounts of journalists, activists, and other civilians, compromising the security of Meta's popular messaging platform. The official told the Reuters news agency on Friday that WhatsApp had sent Paragon a cease-and-desist letter following the hack. The official declined to say who, specifically, was targeted but confirmed that WhatsApp is referring targets to the Canadian internet watchdog group Citizen Lab. He declined to say how WhatsApp ascertained that Paragon was...