UN officials do not use WhatsApp for security reasons

It became known that officials of the United Nations are prohibited from using the WhatsApp messenger for work purposes, as it is considered unsafe.

This statement was made after is known that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud may be involved in the hacking of the smartphone of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. This is the conclusion of independent American experts, who reported that they have information indicating that Jeff Bezos' iPhone was hacked by a malicious video file sent from the WhatsApp account of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

“High-ranking UN officials have been instructed not to use the WhatsApp messenger because it is not secure,” UN spokesman Farhan Haq said when asked if UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres uses WhatsApp for business communication. He also added that the US directive not to use WhatsApp was received by the UN in June last year.

Facebook did not stand aside, commenting on this statement of the UN representative. “Each private message is end-to-end encrypted to ensure no one can view user chats. The encryption technology we developed with Signal is highly regarded by security experts and continues to be the best available to users around the world,” said WhatsApp Chief Communications Officer Carl Woog.

Source: 3dnews.ru