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Account WhatsApp can be hijacked or bugged by various parties for various purposes. However, there are a number of characteristics that can be recognized when your WhatsApp account is being tapped.
Wiretapping can certainly harm users, because hacking can monitor all your activities on WhatsApp. Starting from the content of messages, contents of contacts, communication activities and much more. Worse, your data is very likely to be leaked.
WhatsApp Hacking Techniques
There are a number of ways to carry out wiretapping, by spying on what someone is doing on WhatsApp. Among them by installing third-party applications, utilizing WhatsApp Web, to the most sophisticated sending malware to the target phone.
The most advanced malware that is used to spy on victims’ cellphones and has been widely discussed is Pegasus. This Israeli malware was also used to spy on Jeff Bezos, leading to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Malware is sent to victims disguised in the form of video or photo files. Even this malware can also be sent via SMS.
WhatsApp sign bugged
If you already know how to hack WhatsApp, here are the characteristics of WA that are bugged, which CNNIndonesia.com summarizes from various sources:
1. Looks online even though it’s not active
If the status is online but WhatsApp is not active, this condition can be an odd sign, including the potential for eavesdropping.
To find out, it is recommended to view your WhatsApp status through another account, when you are not opening the WhatsApp application on your cellphone or on your desktop.
2. Send your own message
If you feel that you didn’t send a message but a message was sent from the chat column, then someone could be tapping your WhatsApp account.
Sending messages without the user’s knowledge is one sign that WhatsApp is being tapped. So, pay attention if there is suspicious activity on your WhatsApp account.
3. WhatsApp account exits suddenly
Currently WhatsApp accounts cannot be used on two main devices at the same time. If the same number is used on another device, then the WhatsApp account on one of the devices will exit automatically.
This could indicate that someone is trying to get into your WhatsApp account. Usually the following notification will appear:
“Your phone number is no longer registered in WhatsApp on the phone. Maybe because you have registered it on another phone. If you don’t do this, verify your phone number to log back into your account”.
If you get a notification like the one above, then don’t press ‘OK’. Instead, verify that your WhatsApp account doesn’t move to another phone.
4. Message has been read
Two blue ticks mark a message in the chat column as read. But what if you feel like you’ve never read or opened the message? This is one of the characteristics of WA accounts being tapped remotely.
Under these conditions, the user’s WhatsApp account is copied to the WhatsApp clone application using a QR code that is usually used on the WA web.
5. Suddenly OTP Code Sent
If WhatsApp comes out suddenly and you get an OTP code sent, then it is recommended not to hand that code to anyone.
If you submit the code, you will automatically grant access to your WhatsApp account to the eavesdropper. Through the OTP code, eavesdroppers can easily enter the account to retrieve the data in the account.
6. The phone is often hot, the battery runs out quickly
If your phone’s battery is often draining faster than usual and you see a notification of an ongoing download but you don’t recognize it, your WA account is indicative of being hacked by a third party.
Apps that run in the background are known to drain the battery as they download and upload silently. This application can be installed by other people when the phone is not with the user.
Another sign is that the phone often heats up on its own even when the screen is turned off. This hot phone symptom is even more frequent than before, so you have to be careful that the processor is doing heavy work and it may be bugged.
7. WhatsApp appears to be active on an unknown device
Hackers can break into your WhatsApp by activating WhatsApp Web on another device. This can be known by checking which devices have access to the account via WhatsappWeb.
To find out if your WA is active on an unknown device, open the three dots in the upper right corner of your WhatsApp window. Open WhatsAppWeb and check the list of all open sessions. That way you can see all the devices connected to WhatsApp.
If you see the message “This phone cannot be verified”, it means that your WhatsApp has been accessed by an unknown device.
8. HP often reacts on its own
Another indication is, your phone will make a sound or a buzzer for no reason. The phone may also vibrate even though no notification arrives on your device.
It can also be a sign that your WhatsApp is on its way to being spied on and the process is ongoing.
9. Whatsapp often crashes and is slow
If you look at your WhatsApp it will hang frequently. If someone is spying on your WhatsApp, you may notice that your phone, especially WhatsApp, will run slower than before.
This happens due to excessive RAM usage for certain applications. If your WhatsApp is receiving nothing but frequent hangs then you can take this as another sign of spying behavior.
How to prevent WhatsApp from being tapped
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