5 Ways to Hack the Most Used WhatsApp

Over the last few years, the popularity of WhatsApp (WA) has skyrocketed. Although it has many rivals that are no less formidable, this chat application which is identical to the green color is in fact able to prove its prowess in attracting public interest. This then invites the curiosity of hackers to uncover potential loopholes that exist in WA, so that inevitably some of them do WhatsApp hack and succeed.

When compared to other chat applications, WA is indeed known to be more user-friendly and easy to use by various ages. But apart from all that, of course, as users, we must always be aware of various potential data leaks or WhatsApp hack attempts carried out by irresponsible parties.

How to Hack WhatsApp

As an anticipation to avoid the possibility of WhatsApp hacking, we will share information about some of the most common hacking attempts on the WA application. Here are 5 of them.

• Get SMS OTP to Login WA

When you log into your WhatsApp account, of course you will be asked to enter the OTP code sent to the mobile number that you registered. If the OTP code is entered incorrectly, we cannot log into the WA account. Sounds pretty safe, right? Because the OTP should only be accepted by the owner number.

But unfortunately, now some hackers can also access SMS OTP easily through various spyware applications that can be downloaded for free. So they can log into anyone’s WA account.

• Login Without Verification with WhatsApp Web

Surely you already know that WhatsApp can be accessed via the web, right? This makes it very easy for us to access WA without having to open the cellphone. It’s easy to access too. You just need to open the web.whatsapp.com page, then scan the QR code in the WA application. And unfortunately, WhatsApp Web has 1 fatal flaw. As long as someone can borrow your phone to scan the QR, they can log into your account via WhatsApp Web.

• Get Chat History from Back Up Feature

The Backup feature will help save data in the form of chat history, contacts, and media in WA. Usually, WA will periodically ask you to do a backup just in case your data is kept safe. The data will be stored in the e-mail account you registered.

But in this case, it’s not just hackers who can hack WhatsApp. As long as other people can use your cellphone, even ordinary people can get the backup file just by changing the e-mail account on WA. Alternatively, hackers will break into your e-mail account to get it.

• Clone Account with Clone App

One of the most dangerous but easy ways to hack is to rely on the Clone App for WhatsApp application. With this application, you can open the same WA account on two different devices.

It does sound unreasonable, because we know if the account is opened on another device, then on the first device the account will automatically be logged out. However, the way the Clone App works is the same as WhatsApp Web, by using a QR code scan. So the cloned account will only be recorded as being opened in one application and the web.

• View and Control WA from PC

There are several applications that can display (mirroring) a smartphone in real-time on a PC. However the target PC and smartphone must be on the same network. Then you only need to connect to the target’s IP address. Of course getting an IP Address is a very easy thing for hackers.

Once connected, the application on the PC will display all target activities on the smartphone. You can also do anything on the target smartphone, like open apps and settings, download files, etc. Viewing and replying to the target’s WA chat is certainly very easy to do.

Anticipation

All the ways to hack WhatsApp that we discussed earlier are basically the simplest. Of course there are many other ways that hackers can do. You must always be vigilant, because even ordinary people can also do the hack methods above. For that, we recommend some tips that you can do to anticipate this kind of incident, including the following.

• Take Advantage of Two-Step Verification

WA provides a Two-Step Verification feature where users will be asked to enter a 6-digit PIN every time they log in through a different device. This feature can also detect if at any time someone else tries to login to your WA account.

• Enable Security Notification

You can activate security notifications every time your WA account is opened on another device. This will minimize the possibility of hacking attempts on your account.

As we know, every private and group chat on WhatsApp is very well encrypted. You can check it yourself by opening the profile of one of your friends, then checking the Encryption section. There you will see 60 number codes and 1 QR code which is the encryption code for your chat with your friends.

• Use App Lock

Most smartphones are now equipped with settings that can lock applications. But there are also those who still need third-party applications. Both of them serve to increase the security of the application. So every time you open the application, you will be asked to enter a security key in the form of a PIN, fingerprint, face detection, etc. So the possibility that other people can open your WA application is very small.

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