Users of WhatsApp messenger has warned of a new scheme through which hackers can gain access to their accounts. According to Forbes, theft of profiles became possible due to binding to the phone and used messenger SMS verification.
It is noted that for login on a new device, WhatsApp users must enter a special code, which came via SMS. This exploited. Having access to WhatsApp or Facebook someone you know is a potential victim, they sent the following message: “I don’t work for SMS, so I can’t get the code from WhatsApp. I asked to send password to your room, crossed it, please.”
The code that came on the phone of the victim, needed to sign in his own WhatsApp. If a person sends data from SMS, the attackers had access to his account. In addition, some began to create the accounts that were posing as representatives of WhatsApp. They argued that a person needs to send data to log into the account it in private messages. Users messenger recalled that WhatsApp doesn’t ask users to send anyone personal information or verification codes.
In late April, WhatsApp introduced a new feature. Raised during a pandemic coronavirus popularity of group calls, the company decided to increase the maximum number of participants doubled from four to eight.