Lebanon today »for all users of WhatsApp in Lebanon … an important call

A large stir sparked by various reports about an Israeli spy company called Paraguce Solichins to penetrate accounts on the Watsab application, while it was also found that the victims are journalists and members of civil society around the world.

The issue is not normal, while the application company, the Meta, acknowledged the monitoring of penetration attempts that affected the accounts of dozens of users.

In Lebanon, the matter of penetration of WhatsApp is very existing and very, while information is revealed Lebanon 24 That journalists and activists from different sectors lost their accounts on the application during the recent Israeli war on Lebanon, which prompted them to send requests for recovery and restore the account from Meta.

Is it possible to hack WhatsApp?

A communication technology expert, Salloum Al -Dahdah, tellsLebanon 24 There are different steps through which you can breach WhatsApp account, indicating that this can happen through the phone number and practice fraudsters to get a SMS message that comes to the primary number owner with the aim of using a secret code within it to open the application.

Regarding the possibility of obtaining this message, Al -Dahdah says that there are many ways, either this is through spying applications that contribute to leaking the content of the messages or by penetrating the message of the message between the cellular company and the phone used, but this matter needs huge technological equipment.

Al -Dahdah also indicates that there are other means or applications that are on the phone and cause a problem that affects WhatsApp, indicating that there is a series of suspicious applications that leak data to the hackers.

How do we protect ourselves?

As for Al -Hudah, the ways of protection are by not pressing any links that we do not know or do not trust, and the phone applications must be constantly updated with the device’s update also continuously.

Also, Al -Dahdah calls for replacing the cell phone once every 3 years to ensure a new device that includes advanced protection features that combat espionage and penetration.