Once compromised encryption can be entirely undone. The malware will have access to almost all of the personal information available on the device, which it will able to upload, unencrypted, to the attacker's server."
The implant would also enable hackers to snoop on Gmail and Google Hangouts, contacts and photos. The hackers could also watch where users were going with a live GPS location tracker. And the malware stole the "keychain" where passwords, such as those for all remembered Wi-Fi points, are stored.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/08/30/whatsapp-encryption-undone-and-location-leaked--why-the-latest-iphone-hack-is-terrifying/#454619bc6d2e
The implant would also enable hackers to snoop on Gmail and Google Hangouts, contacts and photos. The hackers could also watch where users were going with a live GPS location tracker. And the malware stole the "keychain" where passwords, such as those for all remembered Wi-Fi points, are stored.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2019/08/30/whatsapp-encryption-undone-and-location-leaked--why-the-latest-iphone-hack-is-terrifying/#454619bc6d2e
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