WhatsApp: what actions to take against identity theft | DATA

No one is exempt from suffering a cyber attack from cyber criminals, who will try to steal your WhatsApp Messenger account to access all kinds of confidential information, such as: your personal data, credit or debit card numbers, emails and password.

The ultimate goal of hackers is to get your banking information and empty all your savings. What should you do if your identity is impersonated? From Mag we will provide you with a series of advice below.

Before starting it is important to clarify that when someone steals your account the one you are using on your mobile device is automatically closed, so you must react quickly to prevent the cybercriminal from activating two-step verification, otherwise the process would be more complicated.

This is what you need to do when your identity is impersonated on WhatsApp

• First, you need to stay calm to think things through.
• Now on WhatsApp you will receive an alert informing you that your account has been opened on another smartphone.
• Then the account will be closed.
• What you need to do is register again immediately.
• If you don’t have anything important in your conversations, we recommend skipping the backup restore, it will save you time.
• The next step is to press the three dots icon > tap on the “Account” section.
• Here press the “Two-Step Verification” option.
• Click enable > create a six-digit password that’s easy to remember and hard to guess.
• Finally, click on “Save”.
• So when the hacker tries to register again, despite having the authentication code sent to him via SMS, he will no longer be able to do so because he will be asked for that password that only you know.

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2024-01-22 19:41:28
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