WhatsApp Infiltrated Hackers? Recognize The Characteristics And How To Recover Your Account

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JAKARTA - WhatsApp is not only used for personal communication. Hacked accounts can be used for criminal activities such as the spread of spam to complex fraud.

Quoted from Kaspersky, Sunday 5 October, hackers or hackers can take over your WhatsApp account in two main ways. First, they add another device to your account via the Linked devices' feature. Second, they re-registered your account on their device as if you bought a new phone.

If you use the first method, you can still use WhatsApp as usual, but hackers also have access to your account, including the latest conversations.

Meanwhile, if your account is re-registered on a hacker device, you will lose access. When trying to login, WhatsApp will alert that the account is being used on another device. In this case, hackers can control the account, but do not have access to your old conversation.

Here are some signs of your WhatsApp account that may be tapped:

Steps to secure the WhatsApp account:

Warn friends and family

Hackers can send misleading messages as if they were from you. Immediately notify your contacts not to respond to suspicious messages via WhatsApp status, for example WhatsApp I hacked! Don't trust any messages and don't send money", or via direct message.