Communication platform WhatsApp Its popularity is slowly declining, and the latest findings regarding a relatively serious security flaw are likely to make this situation even worse. It has been shown that with a little skill, it is relatively easy to deactivate an account on WhatsAppwith another user, and all that is needed is knowledge of the person's phone number and email address.
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Deactivating a third-party account on WhatsAppis frighteningly simple. The attacker first installs an application on your phone WhatsApp and then tries to log in using the victim's phone number. The login will initially fail, and the app will first attempt two-factor authentication. After this fails several times in a row, the victim's account will be temporarily disabled for twelve hours. The attacker then sends an email to WhatsApp an email message stating that the phone has been stolen or lost, but it is actually the victim's phone. The email also asks for the number to be deactivated, which WhatsApp surprisingly, he complies without verifying or finding out any further details.
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Security experts Luis Márquez decided to try this entire process out for themselves. Carpintero and Ernestabout Canales Pereña, and surprisingly they succeeded. Unfortunately, it's not just about deactivating the account as such. During this process, an attacker can easily gain unauthorized access to your messages, contacts, and other private content. So far, it doesn't seem like there have been any WhatsAppno steps have been taken to increase user safety in this regard, representatives WhatsAppHowever, they point out that exploiting the aforementioned security flaw is a serious violation of the rules for using this service, and any attacker will be dealt with accordingly.
Does that surprise anyone at WA? They had, have and will have similar problems x.
And it will be hurray, under FB it has a clear direction.
What makes it worse is that the thing that lacks the x function is not fully multi-platform, it cannot fully use login on multiple devices so that a person does not have to decide whether he has a tablet, ntb or phone in his hand, it is still the most used device. Sad.