Change this WhatsApp setting NOW, or new attack could leave you without access for a week

Change WhatsApp setting or risk losing access for an entire week (Image: WHATSAPP • GETTY) Sign up for FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks Invalid emailWhen you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time.WhatsApp users need to ensure they have changed their settings to protect themselves from a security threat, which could leave them without access to their chats for seven days or more. As reported by Forbes, WhatsApp users who do not tweak their settings could be at risk from a new account stealing scam.Detailed by cybersecurity expert Zak Doffman, attackers can “easily” steal WhatsApp accounts using this new scam technique. This is because a WhatsApp account identifier is your phone number, and the only time WhatsApp checks that a phone number and device matches up is when WhatsApp is first installed.To check this, a randomly generated six-digit SMS code is sent to the corresponding phone number entered into WhatsApp during the set-up process.A bad actor could…
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