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• WhatsApp users around the world are worried
• Mobile numbers of 350 crore users leaked
• A problem with WhatsApp’s number-verification process

You too instant messaging platform WhatsApp Do you use So there is an important news for you. In fact, WhatsApp is currently being discussed everywhere. The reason behind this is a serious security flaw… Recent reports suggest that mobile numbers of around 350 crore users have been leaked from the platform. The most important thing is that the number of users of WhatsApp is also about the same. That is, it is being suspected that the mobile number of every user in the world has been leaked.

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Incident caused by Meta’s negligence

To everyone’s surprise, this mistake was not made by any hacker group. This error is due to the negligence of Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp. Not only this, 9To5Mac has said in their report that the company was informed about this 8 years ago. However, the company has not taken any concrete decision in this regard. (Photo Courtesy – Pinterest)

Experts had already warned

In fact, in 2017, the researchers of the University of Vienna pointed out this error and said that due to this error, the mobile numbers of WhatsApp users can be leaked very easily. This is what has happened now. Not only this, the researchers had collected the mobile numbers of more than 3 crore people in America in less than half an hour. Tim then deleted the data and once again informed Meta about the error. Additionally, cyber security experts called the flaw simple and later warned that if the technology gets into the hands of hackers, it could turn into the biggest data leak in history.

This error results in leaked data

Reports suggest that the issue lies in WhatsApp’s number-verification process. Whenever a user saves a new number in their phone, the app checks whether the number is active on WhatsApp or not. A flaw in this process has led to a massive data leak.

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Answered by Meta

Responding to the report, Meta said that the issue is part of its bug bounty program and that the major flaw was discovered in collaboration with the University of Vienna. The company claims that it is looking for a solution. But this has increased the concern of users. Also, a question has arisen regarding their security.