The recently announced hack of the web-based version of the WhatsApp messaging service didn’t draw a lot of attention. Why should it? The number of people affected was relatively small in comparison to other recent hacks — just (just?!) 200,000 users.

What should be interesting about the hack, and more than a little concerning to people who are interested in network security, is how these hackers gained access to these users accounts.





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