WhatsApp, used by millions of people around the world, says its users were hacked by the Paragon Solutions spyware company. The World's Host Marco Werman speaks with John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab,

WhatsApp has revealed that nearly 100 individuals across more than two dozen countries have fallen victim to a sophisticated hacking tool, developed by Israeli spyware company Paragon Solutions. Among the targeted individuals were journalists and members of civil society,

According to the chat service, an Israeli company called Paragon Solutions used group chats and PDFs to target the individuals.

Cancellato is the first target to come forward following the disclosure of a hacking campaign carried out using spyware allegedly made by Paragon Solutions, as WhatsApp claimed on Friday.

Italy's government said on Wednesday that seven mobile phone users in the country had been targeted by spyware on Meta Platforms' WhatsApp messaging service, and it called the incident "particularly serious".

A spyware attack linked to Paragon Solutions has affected WhatsApp users in over two dozen countries, including Italy. Targeting journalists and activists, the government is investigating the incident,