What happened to Orich can happen to you too. Here's how to hack WhatsApp

An N12 magazine article examines the security risks of connecting WhatsApp to external tools, against the backdrop of the leak of thousands of messages attributed to Yonatan Orich, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The article describes how Orich connected an AI system he built using Claude to his WhatsApp account via an external service called UltraMsg, and then uploaded the code with access keys to a public repository on GitHub. Gil Messing, head of Check Point's staff, warns that just because a system works doesn't mean it's secure, and that a common mistake is uploading code with access keys to public repositories. The article also quotes AI researcher Gabriel Brandt-Shapiro from SentinelOne, who warned that the ability to create software has advanced faster than the ability to secure it. Additionally, an investigation from The Verge is presented about a robot named Eiliko, where a security researcher managed to gain access to about 13 million user conversations. The article emphasizes that the danger is not unique to people in the Prime Minister's circle, and that any user could be exposed.

An N12 magazine article examines the security risks of connecting personal WhatsApp accounts to external tools, against the backdrop of the leak of thousands of messages attributed to Yonatan Orich, a confidant of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The article describes how Orich connected an artificial intelligence system he built using Claude to his WhatsApp account via an external service called UltraMsg, and then uploaded the code with access keys to a public repository on GitHub. Gil Messing, head of Check Point's staff, warns that just because a system works doesn't mean it's secure, and that a common mistake is uploading code with access keys to public repositories. The article also quotes AI researcher Gabriel Brandt-Shapiro from SentinelOne, who warned that the ability to create software has advanced faster than the ability to secure it. Additionally, an investigation from The Verge is presented about a robot named Eiliko, where a security researcher managed to gain access to about 13 million user conversations. The article emphasizes that the danger is not unique to people in the Prime Minister's circle, and that any user could be exposed.