Article 5GHR1 How to Keep Attackers From Locking You Out of WhatsApp

How to Keep Attackers From Locking You Out of WhatsApp

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David Murphy
from Lifehacker on (#5GHR1)
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Though the result is more annoying than dangerous, a newly exploited quirk of WhatsApp's two-factor authentication system does appear to make it relatively easy for an attacker to lock you out of your account for varying amounts of time. And all a bad actor needs to pull it off, as of this writing, is to know the...

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