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WhatsApp has become an important part of our lives, and many everyday tasks now seem impossible without it. One thing that is most special about WhatsApp is that its messages come with encryption. The company always claims that the messages, text, photos, videos shared on it are all end-to-end encrypted, and no one can snoop or tamper with them. But when many people complain that their WhatsApp has been hacked, how does this happen?
Last week, NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule claimed that her phone has been hacked. Sule said that after hacking her WhatsApp account, the hackers have sent her a message. In this message, Sule was asked to pay $400 (Rs 33,585.94).
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Later, in a post on X, Sule urged people to ‘never share OTP with anyone or click on unknown links’. ‘Phone and WhatsApp are now working again,’ she wrote. She also thanked Pune Rural Police and WhatsApp support for their help.
But the question is that if WhatsApp is encrypted, then how does this hacking happen? Let us tell you that sometimes hacking can happen due to our small mistake or carelessness.
Two-step verification
As Supriya Sule advised, one should not share OTP with anyone. What happens is that even if you have kept two-factor authentication on on WhatsApp, you still need to be a little cautious.
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Two-factor authentication increases security a lot, for which you have to set a PIN. WhatsApp sometimes asks you to enter this PIN, only after which WhatsApp chat can be accessed. If you share this security PIN with someone unknowingly or someone gets to know about it, then there is a full chance of your account being hacked.
Do not share registration code…
When it is on, whenever the phone number is entered for the linked device and login is done, a registration code is sent to the phone. So, if someone deceives you and gets that code from you, then he can get full access to your account and can use it to send messages to anyone.
Click on unknown link…
The third reason due to which hacking can happen is that if you get an unknown link through a message or email and you click on it even by mistake, then there is a fear of your phone getting hacked. If someone gets access to your phone, then he can easily access WhatsApp.
first published : August 14, 2024, 11:06 IST
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