An Android developer's disclosure that it's possible to hack into the WhatsApp database and read the text of the chats from another application could be a big headache for Facebook, which has agreed to purchase the app for $19 billion. "This is not a bug, but a design decision of WhatsApp," said Bas Bosschert, chief technology officer of Double Think. "They selected for usability in their design, not security," he continued. "I didn't find anything new -- I only showed how people could abuse this flaw with a working proof of concept."WhatsApp Flaw Opens Database Doors to Hackers
An Android developer's disclosure that it's possible to hack into the WhatsApp database and read the text of the chats from another application could be a big headache for Facebook, which has agreed to purchase the app for $19 billion. "This is not a bug, but a design decision of WhatsApp," said Bas Bosschert, chief technology officer of Double Think. "They selected for usability in their design, not security," he continued. "I didn't find anything new -- I only showed how people could abuse this flaw with a working proof of concept."
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