Zero-days for hacking WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars

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By Lorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiOct 5, 2023, 10:05 am119 pts
Thanks to improvements in security mechanisms and mitigations, hacking cell phones — both running iOS and Android — has become an expensive endeavor. That’s why hacking techniques for apps like WhatsApp are now worth millions of dollars, TechCrunch has learned. Last week, a Russian company that buys…

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