Ngemuva kokuphulwa kwezokuphepha ngoMeyi odlule, osekuthinte cishe amadivayisi eselula angaba ngu-1,400 XNUMX. I-WhatsApp yenze ucwaningo ngaphakathi ngokubambisana neCitizen Lab, iqembu lochwepheshe bezokuphepha kwamakhompiyutha abavela eCyber Security Research Laboratory yaseCanada, I-WhatsApp ithole ukuthi abahlaseli basebenzisa amaseva wewebhu ahlobene ne-NSO.
Unjalo-ke AbakwaWhatsApp banqume ukufaka icala enkampanini yakwa-Israel I-NSO Group, ethi yiyona ebangele ukuhlaselwa okukhulu kwe-WhatsApp. I-Facebook (inkampani yabazali bakaWhatsApp) isola i-NSO enkantolo yenhlangano eSan Francisco ukwenza lula ukugenca emazweni angama-20. IMexico, i-United Arab Emirates neBahrain yiwona kuphela amazwe akhonjwe kuze kube manje.
ICitizen Lab, ngasohlangothini lwakhe, uthe ngesikhathi enza uphenyo wakhomba amacala angaphezu kuka-100 okuhlaselwa Ukuhlukumeza abavikeli bamalungelo abantu nezintatheli okungenani emazweni angama-20 emhlabeni jikelele, okususelwa ku-spyware yeqembu le-NSO.
I-Facebook iqinisekise ngoMeyi odlule ukuba khona kwe- iphutha ku-VoIP ebethelwe isitaki semiyalezo esheshayo. Lona ukuba sengozini kuvunyelwe ukwenziwa kwekhodi ekude kuma-smartphones e-Android noma e-iOS ukwethula i-spyware, iPegasus, eyenziwe yiNSO Group.
Ukuhlaselwa kudlula ngomsebenzi wokubiza weWhatsApp ngaphandle kwabasebenzisi okuhlosiwe okufanele baphendule. Ngakho-ke, ikholi elula ehlulekile yanele ukuthelela iselula.
Ngayo ungavula ngisho nekhamera nemakrofoni yefoni I-smartphone engenwe ukuthwebula umsebenzi eduze kwefoni futhi isebenzise umsebenzi we-GPS ukulandelela indawo nokunyakaza kwelitshe.
Futhi sikwazi ukuxhumanisa amanye ama-akhawunti we-WhatsApp asetshenziswe phakathi nalokhu kusebenza okunonya ne-NSO. Ukuhlasela kwabo bekusezingeni eliphezulu, kepha bebengakwazi ukusula ngokuphelele amathrekhi abo, "kusho uWill Cathcart, inhloko yeWhatsApp.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa, njenganamuhla ngemuva kwaleli cala elisemthethweni, I-NSO iyaphika
"Ngamagama aqine kakhulu, siziphonsela inselelo izinsolo zanamuhla futhi sizolwa nazo ngamandla."
Inhloso kuphela ye-NSO ukuhlinzeka ubuchwepheshe kuma-ejensi kahulumeni agunyaziwe kanye nabezomthetho ukubasiza ekulweni nobuphekula nobugebengu obubi. Ubuchwepheshe bethu abudalelwanga ukuthi busetshenziswe kulabo abalwela amalungelo abantu nezintatheli, "kusho isitatimende senkampani.
Le nkampani izama ukuchaza ukuthi izinkundla zemiyalezo ezibethelwe "zivame ukusetshenziswa ngamanethiwekhi wabanukubeza izingane, abashushumbisi bezidakamizwa namaphekula ukuvikela imisebenzi yabo yobugebengu."
Nokho, yi-NSO esayina izivumelwano namakhasimende ayo, kodwa inkampani ikugcina lokho «Noma ikuphi okunye ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo yethu ngaphandle kokuvikela ubugebengu obukhulu nobuphekula ukuhlukumeza, okuyi akuvunyelwe kwizivumelwano zethu, ngaphezu kwalokho senza uma sibona noma yikuphi ukusetshenziswa kabi.
Ngaphandle kwezifundazwe ezithintekile, uqhekeko lukaMeyi lwaluthinte nabantu abadumile bethelevishini, abesifazane abadumile ababeyizisulu zemikhankaso enenzondo online, nabantu ababeyizisulu "zokuzama ukubulala nokufa, kanye nezinsongo zodlame", ngokophenyo olwenziwe yiWhatsApp neCitizen Lab.
Ngokusho kukaScott Watnik, umongameli wefemu yabameli bezokuphepha kwe-cyber, lesi sikhalazo singadala isibonelo somthetho.
Iqiniso lokuthi umphakathi wezobuchwepheshe ushushisa obala omunye kuyinto entsha. Lezi zinkampani zivame ukugwema ukumangalelwa ukuze zingavezi okuningi mayelana nezinqubo zazo zokuphepha kwe-cyber. Icala lifuna ukuvimbela i-NSO ekufinyeleleni noma ekuzameni ukufinyelela kwizinsizakalo ze-WhatsApp ne-Facebook futhi lifune ukulimala okungaziwas.
Isoftware yakwa-Israyeli yobunhloli isivele ibandakanyekile ekuhlukunyezweni kwamalungelo abantu eLatin America nase Middle East. Kepha futhi ehlazweni lasePanama nasemzamweni wobunhloli osebenza eLondon Amnesty International.
Uma ufuna ukwazi kabanzi ngalo, ungahlola incwadi yokuqala Kulesi sixhumanisi esilandelayo.