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Careful! WhatsApp 'friend' could hack into data and blackmail you
Updated On: 13 April, 2017 06:01 AM IST | | Vijay Kumar Yadav
<p>Mumbai police has received over 50 complaints in 60 days from people who have fallen prey to extortionists, who befriended them on the instant messaging app before hacking their accounts</p>
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Careful! WhatsApp 'friend' could hack into personal data and blackmail you
Illustration/Uday Mohite
The maximum conversations that you have in the day are now most susceptible to data hacking, the Mumbai cyber police has revealed. In the last two months alone, the crime branch has received more than 50 complaints from WhatsApp users about their private videos, personal photographs and files being hacked into and misused by extortionists.
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