NEW DELHI – The Government of India, concerned by the threat to privacyposed by an Israeli spyware on WhatsApp, has asked the Facebook-ownedmessaging service to submit a detailed report by November 4.
The response is sought on the issue of Indian journalists and human rightsactivists on WhatsApp allegedly being targeted by the Israeli spyware, DNAhas reported.
WhatsApp has claimed that Indian journalists and human rights activistswere among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using an Israelispyware Pegasus.
Seeking an answer to this, the Information and Technology (IT) Ministry onThursday asked WhatsApp to explain the breach and the requisite steps thatcan be taken to safeguard the privacy of citizens. Union IT Minister RaviShankar Prasad said that the Government of India is concerned at the breachof privacy of citizens of India on the messaging platform Whatsapp.
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”We have asked Whatsapp to explain the kind of breach and what it is doingto safeguard the privacy of millions of Indian citizens,” Prasad said in atweet.
