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WhatsApp just caught an Italian spyware firm building a fake version of its app for iPhones

  • Alina Maria Stan--The Next Web
  • published date: 2026-04-01 21:06:11 UTC

WhatsApp has notified approximately 200 users, primarily in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a counterfeit version of the messaging app that was actually government spyware. The fake application was built by SIO, an Italian surveillance technolog…

WhatsApp has notified approximately 200 users, primarily in Italy, that they were tricked into installing a counterfeit version of the messaging app that was actually government spyware. The fake app… [+8866 chars]