A U.S. judge just dismissed a high-stakes lawsuit from WhatsApp’s former security chief, Attaullah Baig, who claimed the app was ignoring massive flaws in its digital defenses. Baig, who led security from 2021 to 2025, alleged that nearly 1,500 engineers had unrestricted access to sensitive user data—like your IP address and profile photos—without any way to track what they were doing. He even claimed he was fired as “retaliation” after he took his concerns all the way to Mark Zuckerberg.
However, the court ruled on March 19, 2026, that Baig simply didn’t provide enough hard evidence to back up his claims. While Baig painted a picture of a company prioritizing “user growth” over fixing bugs that let 100,000 accounts get hacked daily, Meta fired back, calling his claims “distorted” and saying he was actually let go for poor performance. For now, Meta is celebrating the win, though the case has definitely reignited the conversation about how much of our “private” data is actually visible behind the scenes.
