Backdoor, unencrypted cloud backups can affect WhatsApp users

After the recent Spyware attack on WhatsApp, which allowed attackers to spy on targeted users by providing them access to the device’s camera and microphone, WhatsApp has been criticised for making tall claims about security and failing to live up to them.

Many cyber security experts believe that the spyware attack, which was carried out through a voice over internet protocol (VOIP) call on WhatsApp, regardless of whether user answers the call or not, doesn’t affect the chat and conversations that are encrypted by WhatsApp.

However, Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, in an official blog post, claims that WhatsApp’s encryption is a sham and that it will never be secure.