WhatsApp bug allows hackers wipe off group chat session

Facebook-owned WhatsApp has more than 1.5 billion active users, making it the most used messenger in the world. With so much people using it for communication, the WhatsApp draws unwanted attention of hackers to prey on naive users.

Recently, WhatsApp faced lot of flak after reports surfaced that several government-run institution hired Israel-based company NSO Group to spy on select individuals particularly journalists and human rights activists on WhatsApp, using Pegasus tool.

In the latest development, Check Point Research team has uncovered another vulneribility in WhatsApp that allowed hackers to crash group chat session and wipe out entire conversation with just a malicious code-laced message.