Hackers are in new way to attack you!
The incidence of hacking is increasing by leaps and bounds. This time a new method of hacking has come to us. your WhatsApp account could be 'hacked' if you make a mistake! Personal information is leaked by the ‘QR code’ scan on WhatsApp of your used laptop or mobile phone. This hacking is done with the code 'QR Hijack'. Usually we open WhatsApp account on laptop or computer or mobile phone through WhatsApp web. That is safe.
But in many cases, several emails come every day regarding the offer. Where to take offer QR code is given. You are asked to scan it through your WhatsApp. Once you scan it, all the information in your account will go to the hacker. Which is asked to scan and register the name. Then tempting discounts are available.
In fact, in many cases hackers create an artificial QR code in WhatsApp. Which is actually the ‘QR Hijack’ code. As already seen, several people have fallen into the trap of hackers. This type is brand new. Hackers are getting all the information of a person.
What to do if you Hacked
If your account is hacked, you must first uninstall WhatsApp. Need to reinstall. This will change your security code. Or if another device is logged on, log it out. Otherwise, the hacker can interrupt as long as he wants.
[Reference: Several Online news]
Hello, @team07.
Solid reading. Straight to the point!
Thanks for sharing this news with us.
@juanmolina Thanks for your words!
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Hello friend @team07 thanks for the information and the possible solution, in these days we must be very pending of this virtual delinquency !
In my country they use social engineering to steal, that's why there is a saying "if it's too good to be true, it's not".
It's amazing how they manage to steal, because in the end that's what they do.
This is good information, thanks for sharing it.
I had no idea this was happening.
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Got to join the rest of the people here telling you that this is useful information, and it is always worth to be out on the look for such scams and people trying to steal your data and information!
Interesting article, thanks for the information.
That said, scanning with WhatsApp a QR code found in a random email is tantamount to clicking right through the link inside a scam message and/or inserting credentials on shady Google forms: users must be smart and avoid this behaviour. "Not knowing" is hardly an excuse, as this kind of scams have been around for decades now.
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