WhatsApp’s “Two-Step Verification” process can be found under the Settings-Account from within the app. Clearly, you should not send the SMS code, but it makes absolute sense to set up this additional security layer anyway. So even if you send the code to the attackers, they would still not have your own PIN. So many scammers must be careful Posted by All. Another security layer with your own password is materially harder to beat. Advertisement - Singapore One of the latest scams trending across Singapore takes the form of WhatsApp messages from a woman in Hong Kong. That can be defeated, as recent headlines on SMS security have shown. It’s easy to see the verification code as the two-factor authentication. This is separate to the six-digit code that WhatsApp will send by SMS to verify a new install.
In WhatsApp you can set up a PIN of your own choosing, and even an email address to use if you forget that PIN.
WhatsApp has simply been ghosted onto an illegitimate device. With the account taken over, the attackers could then message the rest of the group as if from the account holder, as well as any other contacts whose WhatsApp messages were received after the take over.
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