Meta Taps New WhatsApp Boss as Part of $900 Million Investment
Corroborated by 4 sources from 4 publishers
TL;DR
Reports differ across sources; according to wired.com, meta left potentially sensitive information collected from employee laptops accessible to anyone inside the company, according to an internal security notice seen by WIRED and three current employees familiar with the issue.
Sources
1
Bloomberg Technology
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-22/meta-taps-new-whatsapp-boss-as-part-of-900-million-investment
2
TechCrunch
https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/whatsapp-gets-new-chief-as-meta-taps-indias-cred-founder-kunal-shah-and-invests-900m-in-startup
3
Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2199194/ray-ban-meta-optics-review
4
Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-accidentally-let-employees-access-each-others-keystroke-data
5
Wired
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-pauses-employee-tracking-program-following-internal-security-breach
6
Engadget
https://www.engadget.com/2199458/meta-is-pausing-employee-tracking-program-after-it-let-the-whole-company-see-sensitive-data