Hackers can access one's WhatsApp data by different means. Do not share your WhatsApp verification code, even if the message claims to be from the app's tech support team.
Kolkata:
Hackers got access to doctors’ social media accounts in the city. Two doctors
and businessmen in Kolkata have complained that their WhatsApp chats were being
hacked.
Hackers can access one’s WhatsApp data by different means. An investigating
officer from cyber cell told the Times of India, “Do not share your WhatsApp
verification code, even if the message claims to be from the app’s tech support
team and never click on URLs sent by unknown contacts. For starters, WhatsApp
will never message you, even if it is to remind you to update the app or to
synchronise a new phone.”
Among those who were targeted on February 6 was ENT specialist
Arjun Dasgupta. Sometime in the evening, close to 7pm, he found that he could
not send messages.
He said, “A few minutes later, I received the first call from a
well-wisher asking me why I needed financial help and how could he help. In the
next few hours, right up to midnight, I kept receiving calls from my contacts.
All of them said they had received the same message stating I was in trouble
and needed financial help. The hacker was active and kept sending messages till
midnight.”
By the morning of February 7, WhatsApp responded and blocked his number, Dasgupta added. Meanwhile, a door-to-door cyber campaign would be launched at each police station through many stakeholders like NGOs, educational institutes, banks and telecommunication companies.
The one-month-old pilot run has been so successful at Behala that it would now become a permanent feature. Cyber cells would be launched at all nine police divisions.
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