WhatsApp messages can be hacked, intercepted and manipulated: Check Point

Israeli cyber security firm Check Point has claimed that WhatsApp can be hacked allowing the attacker to intercept and manipulate messages sent by those in a group or private conversation, which the messaging platform strongly denied.

Check Point, in a blog underlining the vulnerability, said it has already informed WhatsApp of its findings.

When contacted, a Facebook spokesperson said: “We carefully reviewed this issue a year ago and it is false to suggest there is a vulnerability with the security we provide on WhatsApp”.

“The scenario described here is merely the mobile equivalent of altering replies in an email thread to make it look like something a person didn’t write. We need to be mindful that addressing concerns raised by these researchers could make WhatsApp less private – such as storing information about the origin of messages,” the spokesperson said.