WhatsApp hack within seconds shocks Dubai student
11:23AM Mon 17 Jul, 2017
Dubai: Police are warning social-media users to be careful about who they allow to use their smartphones following the report of a woman who said her WhatsApp account was allegedly hacked by a fellow student who only had brief access to her device.
Police are investigating a complaint by a woman university student who said someone hacked into her WhatsApp account and accessed her conversations and private pictures.
Major-General Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Assistant to the Dubai Police Chief for Criminal Investigation Affairs, said they discovered that her colleague manipulated her account and managed to get access to it round-the-clock.
“She came to Dubai police saying someone hacked her phone and is watching her conversation and pictures she exchanges with her friends through WhatsApp,” Maj-Gen Al Mansouri said.
A team from Cyber Crimes Department asked the girl to remember if she gave the password to a friend but she couldn’t recall doing so.