Ravi Shankar Prasad says 'WhatsApp has not submitted list of 121 users spied upon'

During a debate on WhatsApp soping controversy in Rajya Sabha on Thursday, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Pras asserted that WhatsApp h t provided names of 121 people in India whose devices were spied upon. Mentioning sequence of events, he ted that WhatsApp wrote to government a few months ago stating that full extent of this cyber attack may never be kwn. Union Minister ded that WhatsApp h given an assurance that it was reviewing available information.  

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WhatsApp asked for an explanation

In October, WhatsApp confirmed that phones of roughly 1,400 individuals across world were hacked using Israeli spyware ‘Pegasus’ earlier this year. Reports suggest that journalists, acemics, and human rights activists were among those users who were targeted in India. In his first reaction, Pras said that WhatsApp h been asked for an explanation in this regard. 

He remarked, “Government of India is concerned at breach of privacy of citizens of India on messaging platform Whatsapp. We have asked Whatsapp to explain kind of breach and what it is doing to safeguard privacy of millions of Indian citizens. government is committed to protecting privacy of all Indian citizens."

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(With inputs from ANI)