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As you may be aware, one of our members had their Whatapp hacked. This resulted in a hacker using an Iranian (+98) mobile phone number, to enter our community and groups, which gave them access to our members admin rights. As a result, took the Indoor-climbing group out of the community. IF YOU ARE STILL IN THIS GROUP PLEASE LEAVE IT URGENTLY. This is the only group you need to leave. I have recreated with Indoor-climbing group which is within the community of which I am the administrator.
Between us we managed to remove “The Iranian” and our hacked member from all the WhatsApp groups.
A number of us also received this message “Sorry, I accidently sent you a 6- digit code via SMS, can you forward it to me? Its urgent”. If you receive this message DONT RESPOND.
What can we do to improve WhatsApp security?
I have currently turned on “approve new members” for the groups I can. If you are a group admin, please consider doing likewise. Consider who you are approving. Do we know who they are?I will endeavour to announce names of prospective and new member, so you know who is in the club.
Please consider making your name visible (or a pseudonym) so we can identify you as a real person. Go to settings, tap on your name and edit.
Consider setting up two-step verification – go to settings, account, two-step verification to set up.
Be vigilant, and let us know if you spot anything suspicious.
Lorna
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