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WhatsApp discovers 'targeted' surveillance attack

WhatsApp has 1.5bn users, but it believes the attacks were highly-targeted.

Hackers were able to remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices using a major vulnerability in messaging app WhatsApp, it has been confirmed.

Also in the programme: UN investigators have called for an end to foreign support for Myanmar's army over its treatment of Rohingya Muslims; and why Narendra Modi describes himself as India's "watchman".

Picture: This photo illustration shows the Whatsapp application logo. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

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Tue 14 May 201913:06GMT

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