Missing CERT-In advisory back mysteriously

BENGALURU: The missing advisory on the Indian computer emergency response team’s (CERT-In) website warning about a vulnerability on WhatsApp is now back. The advisory had gone missing for a few days after WhatsApp revealed that Indians were affected by a hack in May allegedly by the Israeli NSO group.

The missing of the webpage raised eyebrows and concern among activists. The Indian government and WhatsApp are locked in a blame game over the snooping scandal. The government said the platform had not informed it of the hack. WhatsApp claims otherwise. In the advisory, published in May,