Here’s how a WhatsApp flaw allows anyone to temporarily suspend your account


A flaw discovered last weekend can get a user’s WhatsApp account completely suspended for hours on end without any easy solution for those affected by such an attack. — Icons vector created by Vectorium - www.freepik.com

WhatsApp is the most widely used encrypted messenger service used around the world, which means that it also receives a fairly large amount of attention from hackers and attackers trying to find loopholes and security flaws in the service.

One such flaw that was discovered last weekend can get a user’s WhatsApp account completely suspended for hours on end without any easy solution for those affected by such an attack.

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