Nagaland Police has issued an advisory warning the public about increasing incidents of WhatsApp hacking by scammers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to police, scammers send malicious links or APK files via WhatsApp or other platforms, and clicking on these can compromise the user\u2019s account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sharing the WhatsApp verification code with scammers is another method used to hack accounts. Once hacked, accounts are often misused to solicit financial assistance from the victim\u2019s contacts or engage in other criminal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Safety measures<\/strong>: Police urged all to enable two-step verification to enhance account security. Avoid clicking on links or installing APK files from unknown sources, not to share WhatsApp verification code, as WhatsApp will never request it. It also advised users to inform contacts immediately if their account is hacked to prevent further exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nagaland Police has issued an advisory warning the public about increasing incidents of WhatsApp hacking by scammers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-457931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Users have been advised users to recover hacked accounts promptly by reinstalling the app and secure credentials. Further, users have been advised to confirm the authenticity of monetary requests by contacting the individual directly before transferring funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"