#WhatsApp notified roughly 200 users, mostly in Italy, that they installed a fake app containing “Spyrtacus” spyware made by Italian firm ASIGINT, a subsidiary of SIO Spa. Proving my theory that the best way to stay safe on the Internet is to avoid #Meta. There are so many better messaging platforms like #Sigal and #Threema. You don’t need Meta garbage on your devices
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/01/whatsapp-notifies-hundreds-of-users-who-installed-a-fake-app-that-was-actually-government-spyware/
WhatsApp notifies hundreds of users who installed a fake app made by government spyware maker | TechCrunch
The Meta-owned company said it identified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a fake version of WhatsApp that was actually Italian-made spyware.
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