India, Sept. 10 -- An Indian-origin former Meta employee has filed a lawsuit against the social media giant, accusing it of ignoring "systemic cybersecurity failures" in its WhatsApp messaging platform and retaliating against him for raising the alarm.

The complaint, filed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, comes from Attaullah Baig, who served as WhatsApp's head of security after joining the company in 2021. According to a report by CNBC, Baig alleges that his disclosures about serious vulnerabilities, including broad employee access to user data, were dismissed internally and ultimately led to his job loss.

According to the lawsuit, Baig discovered during a security test that roughly 1,500 WhatsAp...