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A lawsuit filed by an ex-WhatsApp security head was dismissed for lacking "sufficient facts."In the suit, Attaullah Baig said Meta fired him for raising concerns about serious cyber risks.Baig's team says he's "not done fighting." Meta says the claims are meritless.A lawsuit filed by WhatsApp's former chief of security, Attaullah Baig, was dismissed by the US District Court in Northern California last month for lack of evidence, and Baig's team says that they plan to refile.

In the suit, Baig alleged he was fired as part of Meta's performance-based layoffs for raising concerns about what he described as gaping security holes inside the Meta-owned chat app. His lawsuit said his firing violated SEC rules that protect whistleblowers from termination.

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