During this year, there has been an increase in the heist of accounts of WhatsApp in Mexicoso this March authorities of the Cyber Police of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), they throw a alert about the most common methods and how to avoid being a victim of these fraudulent practices.
Authorities of the Cyber Police of the Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSC), they throw a alert about the increase of heist of accounts of WhatsApp in Mexicoand during the first two months of the year, 160 incidents were reported ranging from heist of personal data until the disclosure of confidential information.
The theft of WhatsApp accounts in Mexico
According to officer Alejandro Espinoza, a member of the preventive area, 80 percent of the crimes committed that have been reported have already been carried out, while 20 percent are in process. Therefore, the officer indicated that users do not implement preventive measures, and report to the authorities until the crime has already been committed.
“People do not take these recommendations into account and many times they do not even know what the two-step security section or end-to-end encryption is for… Unfortunately, citizens begin to worry until they already have the problem and when they already have We have the problem already there, it's a bit confusing, why? Because we have to communicate directly with Meta,” said Espinoza.
Being that he heist of accounts of WhatsApp It is carried out through a common practice of requesting personal information through supposed offers or ensuring that there are problems with the delivery of a package, thus requesting a verification code that they themselves send. Therefore, through this practice, criminals access personal information that they use as a means of extortion, requesting money in exchange for not sending it.
That is why the authorities recommend implementing the following recommendations in order to avoid being a victim of heist of accounts of WhatsApp.
- Install two-step verification.
- Update the application.
- Do not share information such as passwords through messages.
- Set the screen lock on your cell phone.
- Do not click on suspicious or unknown links.
- Sign out of apps on unused or lost devices.
- Use antivirus.
Likewise, authorities point out that it is important to be alert about these frauds and report any suspicious activity to the corresponding authorities.