An updated database of almost 500 million WhatsApp phones has been put up for sale on a famous hacking forum.
If you use WhatsApp normally, this is very likely your phone number currently for sale.
This has since been confirmed the border area cyber newswhere they report that recently a Database of nearly 500 million phone numbers related to WhatsApp users being put up for sale on a well-known forum ice Hockey.
According to the usuario who put the database up for sale, it exists Phone numbers of users from 84 different countries, including Spain. A total of 487 million phone numbers are for sale more than 10 million They are for Spanish users.
The phone numbers belong to active WhatsApp users
There have been problems with WhatsApp in the past and the decision, perceived by some as a mistake, to index users’ phone numbers in internet search engines. violation of privacy.
This time they don’t know each other the techniques used to obtain phone numbers. The usuario who put the database up for sale points this out All phone numbers belong to active WhatsApp users these days.
Egypt, Italy and the United States are the most affected countries.
There’s a whole lot of it 487 million phone numbers from 84 countries. Egypt is hardest hit with 45 million; Italy with 35 million; Saudi Arabia with 29 million; France and Turkey with 20 million each. Spain is one of the worst countries out there to be with almost 11 million Your leaked phone numbers.
Cybersecurity experts warn against it These phone numbers could be used by cyber criminals who make attacks phishingidentity theft, attempted fraud or for marketing purposes.