Subscribe to our Newsletter
Foggy Frontier | Est. 2025
© 2025 dpi Media Group. All rights reserved.

WhatsApp Whistleblower Spills the Tea: Meta's Cybersecurity is a Total Dumpster Fire 🔥

Hacker binary attack code. Made with Canon 5d Mark III and analog vintage lens, Leica APO Macro Elmarit-R 2.8 100mm (Year: 1993)

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

Tech bros behaving badly? Just another Tuesday in Silicon Valley. A former WhatsApp security boss is blowing the whistle on Meta’s cybersecurity nightmare, and honey, it’s not pretty. 🙈

The Cult of Zuckerberg

Former security head Baig isn’t just complaining - he’s lawyering up with a lawsuit that claims Meta’s culture is more cult-like than a tech company. According to the complaint, questioning leadership at Meta is about as welcome as a vegan at a BBQ joint. “One cannot question any past work,” especially if a higher-up approved it. Yikes. 🚩

Security? We Don’t Know Her

The lawsuit reveals some seriously alarming stats that’ll make your cybersecurity-loving heart skip a beat. We’re talking about 100,000 WhatsApp users getting hacked daily in 2022, scaling up to 400,000 daily account takeovers. And data scraping? So bad that an estimated 400 million user profiles get improperly copied every single day. Signal and Apple Messages are looking like Fort Knox compared to WhatsApp’s security Swiss cheese. 🕳️

The Paper Trail

Baig didn’t just sit quietly. He sent a “detailed letter” to CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s general counsel, calling out potential violations of FTC settlements and SEC rules. His reward? Alleged retaliation and what he claims are falsified security reports. Talk about workplace drama! 📝

At this point, Meta’s cybersecurity is looking less like a tech strategy and more like a reality TV show - chaotic, messy, and guaranteed to make you cringe. Stay tuned, tech lovers! 💻

AUTHOR: mb

SOURCE: Ars Technica