Software created by an Israeli spyware firm with links to the murder of
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has been used to hack messaging app
WhatsApp.

The software in question was developed by Israel’s NSO Group, famous for
manufacturing the notorious “Pegasus” spyware. It is thought that NSO’s
software took advantage of a loophole in WhatsApp, which the latter was
still working to fix as late as this weekend. WhatsApp is now urging
its 1.5 billion global users to update their app to reduce the risk of
further attacks