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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

WhatsApp

FILE - A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, November 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
June 18, 2025, 6:53 am
Iran state TV urges public to delete WhatsApp, claiming app gathered info for Israel
Messaging service denies tracking user data, fears ‘these false reports will be an excuse for our services to be blocked at a time when people need them the most’
By Kelvin Chan and Barbara Ortutay
The NSO Group company logo is displayed on a wall of a building next to a branch in southern Israel on February 8, 2022. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
May 7, 2025, 11:02 am
Israel’s NSO ordered to pay Meta $168 million for using WhatsApp to plant spyware
Six-year lawsuit ends with defeat for Israeli firm; reveals multimillion dollar price tag paid by European, American agencies that used software to hack suspects’ devices
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Italian Cabinet Minister Luca Ciriani, left back, speaks during Question Time in the Chamber of Deputies, in Rome, February 12, 2025. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)
February 13, 2025, 2:45 pm
Italy denies spying on journalists, migrant activists using Israeli spyware
Rome says it will cooperate with probe into ‘vulnerabilities’ after at least 7 Italian cellphones apparently hacked with military-grade cyber surveillance tech Paragon
By Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia
A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
January 31, 2025, 7:00 pm
WhatsApp says Israeli spyware company Paragon targeted scores of users
Company official says it sent cease-and-desist letter following hack; Israeli firm declines to respond to allegation
By Reuters
A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
December 24, 2024, 7:50 pm
Iran votes to lift ban on WhatsApp, Google Play
Facebook, X, YouTube, Telegram remain blocked as 136 lawmakers pen letter warning lifting ban on WhatsApp would be a ‘gift to Iran’s enemies’
By Payam DOOST MOHAMADI
A photographic illustration shows a mobile phone near the NSO Group company logo in the Israeli city of Netanya on February 9, 2022. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
December 21, 2024, 6:57 pm
US judge finds Israeli spyware firm NSO liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit
‘We’re proud to have stood up against NSO,’ says WhatsApp head; expert says ruling ‘makes it clear that NSO Group is in fact responsible for breaking numerous laws’
By Reuters
A sign for The New York Times hangs above the entrance to its building, on May 6, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
August 18, 2024, 8:32 pm
NYT reporter linked to leak of Australian Jews’ details, which led to doxxing attacks
Natasha Frost admits she shared private chats from post-Oct 7 WhatsApp group with 1 person, says she didn’t intend what followed; 600 members used chat to talk surging antisemitism
By ToI Staff
A man holds his phone with NSO GROUP logo on a computer screen in the background, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2024, 7:36 am
Report: Israel seized files from NSO in apparent bid to prevent US court subpoena
Seizure said to have been coordinated with company’s lawyers to head off ‘serious diplomatic and security damage’ from disclosures about its Pegasus spyware in WhatsApp lawsuit
By ToI Staff
Family and friends attend the funeral of three members of the Sharabi family, Lian, Noya and Yahel, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023, in Moshav Kfar HaRif, southern Israel, October 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 5, 2023, 4:13 pm
Be’eri survivor seeks to retell Hamas attack via Oct. 7 WhatsApp messages
Former kibbutz leader Yaniv Hegyi launches ‘Memorial 710,’ collating messages, images and videos sent on the day of the onslaught to create second-by-second archive of massacre
By AFP and ToI Staff
Yesh Atid party head MK Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset plenum, July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2023, 3:12 pm
Shin Bet investigating after 15 Yesh Atid MKs briefly blocked from WhatsApp
Opposition leader Yair Lapid among those affected; security service looking at incident amid fears lawmakers phones were hacked
By ToI Staff
Members of a patrol squad in Ma'ale Adumim, who target Arabs wandering the settlement for questioning, and Jewish teens associating with them. (Kan news screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 5, 2023, 6:55 pm
Far-right activists in Ma’ale Adumim try to curb Palestinian presence in settlement
WhatsApp group run by Otzma Yehudit candidates in municipal elections urges boycotts of businesses catering to Arabs, harasses Arabs roaming city’s streets, report shows
By Michael Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 18, 2023. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
June 23, 2023, 2:55 pm
Beit Shemesh man held for discussing ‘opportunity to put a bullet in Bibi’s head’
Resident made the comment in a Whatsapp group focused on gun ownership following deadly West Bank terror attack; judges grant him conditional release
By Michael Horovitz
Illustrative. A man holds his phone with NSO GROUP logo on a computer screen in the background, in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2023, 7:38 pm
US Supreme Court rejects spyware maker NSO Group’s bid for immunity in WhatsApp suit
Israeli producer of invasive phone software claimed protection as agent of foreign government, but justices leave in place lower court rulings, say company ‘plainly’ not entitled
By AP
Illustrative: The WhatsApp communications app on a smartphone, (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
January 6, 2023, 7:33 pm
WhatsApp enables users to connect via proxy to outflank repressive regimes
Service debuting feature to help combat internet restrictions
By ToI Staff
The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interceptor missile towards rockets launched by terror groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel, over the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, during Operation Guardian of the Walls, May 16, 2021. (Avi Roccah/Flash90)
September 22, 2022, 7:38 pm
Meta says it failed to adequately remove hate, incitement during May 2021 conflict
Probe finds over-enforcement of policies on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp adversely impacted freedom of expression and other rights during conflict, especially for Palestinians
By Jeremy Sharon
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