What the actual f...k? How does a multibillion dollar company like #Meta not mitigate against this kind of historic data leak???

"3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete #WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated"
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#DigitalRights #privacy #DataProtection #DigitalSecurity

3.5 Billion Accounts: Complete WhatsApp Directory Retrieved and Evaluated

Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.

^{Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)}