Many Russian opposition political activists had their Telegram accounts hacked that way recently – SMS services were temporarily disables on their mobile numbers by the request of mobile operator internal security service for a couple of minutes. There is also a scenario where your mobile network operator collaborates with the attacker.
The only two scenarios that I can think of are if you have switched to another phone number, or if someone gets hold of your SIM card (either directly or by copying it).” “You are probably wondering how this could even happen, that someone else adds your phone number to WhatsApp. Now you: What's your take on the new two-step verification security option of WhatsApp? The menu lists options to disable two-step verification, to change the passcode, or to change the email address. Please note that access to the email address is sufficient as well, as you may reset the passcode using the backup email address. No one will be able to active WhatsApp with that phone number unless the passcode is supplied. Two-step verification is now enabled for the account. Confirm the Email address if you decided to add it.
You can skip it, but have no option to reset the passcode if you forget it then. You may add an email address in this step.Enter a six digit passcode that is used for the purpose.
A page opens that explains what two-step verification does when enabled: "for added security, enable two-step verification to require a passcode when registering your phone number with WhatsApp".Tap on the menu icon and select Settings.Open WhatsApp Messenger on your device.Do the following to set up Two-step verification for your WhatsApp account:
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