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The man, who is a second-year engineering student, confessed that he was harassing the victims for not responding to his messages and for blocking him.

Facebook-owned chat application WhatsApp appears to be suffered global outages, with issues on the morning of 3 November hitting users in London, Mexico and Malaysia.

A fake and potentially malicious application has been discovered on the official Google Play Store posing as WhatsApp Business – and has been downloaded up to 5,000 times.

Female staff reportedly discussed alleged abuse by Labour and Conservative politicians in WhatsApp group.

For it to work, both sender and recipient must be using the latest version of WhatsApp. The firm has confirmed it will only work within the first seven minutes.

Cabinet ministers and other MPs are among the politicians named by female Westminster staff as "sex pests" to avoid in a secret WhatsApp group.

Some criminals lurking on the underground internet are building dedicated marketplaces for Android users, typically masked by the anonymity provided by Tor's "Orbot" app.

A third of buzzing notifications popping up on people's smartphones may actually cause short-term negative emotions, a new university study suggests.

The state vs encryption: Debate rages about balance between security and privacy, as UK home secretary admits she doesn't understand the topic in question.

Leaked emails purport former White House strategist wanted to intel on the company's hiring process.

Malware used by intelligence agencies spotted in 7 countries, experts said.

The news comes as UK PM appeals for technology firms to help combat terrorism.

Acton launched WhatsApp with Jan Koum in 2009.

Three boys involved in the slapping incident have been suspended from school.

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The firm released a new price list for tools that permit remote code execution and local privilege escalation on messaging apps.

Instant bank transfers to family and friends could be coming to the app soon.

The anti-terror legislation will require tech firms to retain users' data from 2018.

The father of the girl has threatened to kill himself and his daughter after a video of the girl being thrashed went viral.

Rudd pledged to "purge the internet of poisonous and pernicious material".

Experts warn Amber Rudd's anti-encryption proposals would put UK citizens at risk.

"We need to start paying women well and we need the public and the corporate policy to get there," she said.

WhatsApp is a free service and any demands to pay for a subscription should be ignored.

Pavel Durov: 'Telegram is heavily encrypted [...] but we're no friends of terrorists.'

'The giants of Silicon Valley can and must do better', the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.

'People will have to push back against Russian state activity' former GCHQ director Robert Hannigan said.

Palo Alto Networks claimed the malware leaves 25% of all Android devices at risk.

Sheryl Sandberg will reportedly tell UK home secretary WhatsApp chats are off-limits.

Saqlain Javed said he had all the required permits and documents required to keep the lion.

Momentum claimed to have reached 30% of UK Facebook users with viral videos.