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HOW TO PREVENT HACKERS GAINING ACCESS TO WHATSAPP CONTACTS

The investigations conducted by Penpushing revealed that, number of innocent users of the WhatsApp have fallen victims of these fraudsters who contacted their friends and family members for dubious assistance.

Penpushing further reports that, the hackers also used the opportunity to embark on fake business transactions with innocent victims in number of the WhatsApp groups, while one of the discovered fraudsters was noticed to be using mobile number 08161721730 for the illegal operations.

However, to prevent these fraudsters, users should take the following steps through their mobile phones: *Go to the : on your right handside*, *Select settings on your WhatsApp*,*Click on Account*, *Click on Two- step verification*,*Enter pin,* (6 digits pin you will remember),Confirm your pin,*Input your email address* (Valid Email address), Confirm your email and save

Penpushing reports that, with these steps, if anybody, particularly suspected hackers attempt to operate to change identity of the owner, WhatsApp will ask for the Two-step verification and without it the account won’t open.

 

 

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