From: the.happy.hippy.nntp@ntlworld.invalid   
      
   https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/19/whatsapp_enumeration_flaw/   
      
      
      
   Researchers in Austria used a flaw in WhatsApp to gather the personal data of   
   more than 3.5 billion users in what they believe amounts to the "largest data   
   leak in history."   
      
   "To our surprise, neither our IP address nor our accounts have been blocked by   
   WhatsApp. Moreover, we did not experience any prohibitive rate-limiting. With   
   our query rate of 7,000 phone numbers per second, we could confirm 3.5 billion   
   phone numbers    
   registered on WhatsApp   
      
   Researchers were able to link enumerated phone numbers to government and   
   military officials   
      
      
      
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