WhatsApp has an alert on fake WhatsApp app that some iPhone users in Italy downloaded; warns that it is a spying app
WhatsApp has issued a warning about a fake version of its app designed to conduct surveillance. According to a report by the news agency Reuters, the warning from the Meta-owned messaging app comes after a few hundred iPhone users in Italy were tricked into downloading a fake WhatsApp app.
According to the report, WhatsApp said the campaign involved a malicious app that impersonated the messaging app and was used to spy on targeted individuals. The company indicated that the incident affected a limited number of users, primarily in Italy.
