The first 2 results on Google:<p>Bloomberg says the targets were journalists: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-31/whatsapp-says-paragon-spyware-used-to-try-hacking-journalists" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-31/whatsapp-...</a><p>Al Jazeera points out the spyware was used by the Israeli company Paragon:<p><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/1/31/whatsapp-says-its-users-targeted-by-israeli-spyware-company-paragon" rel="nofollow">https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/1/31/whatsapp-says-i...</a>