I was seeing some posts regarding the #WhatsApp situation and it took me a minute to realise how big it is.
3.5B is a really big number.
3,500,000,000
~43.75% of Earth's population had their phone numbers leaked.
Like, what the fuck?
Python-Based #WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/python-based-whatsapp-worm-spreads.html?m=1
Python-Based #WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/python-based-whatsapp-worm-spreads.html?m=1
Python-Based #WhatsApp Worm Spreads Eternidade Stealer Across Brazilian Devices https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/python-based-whatsapp-worm-spreads.html?m=1
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3.5 Billion WhatsApp Users Exposed: Researchers Reveal Massive Phone Number Leak

Nothing to see here. Just account info of 3.5 billion Whatsapp-users out in the open. Meta seems to be downplaying the significance of the incident.
There were many reasons to leave each and every Meta service before this was revealed. But maybe this gets you over the edge.
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Brecha no Whatsapp expõe 3,5 bilhões de números, fotos e perfis

A critical security flaw in WhatsApp has now been patched, which previously allowed researchers to expose the phone numbers of 3.5 billion users.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-simple-whatsapp-security-flaw-exposed-billions-phone-numbers/