Hackers hijack WhatsApp and Telegram accounts using SS7 Exploit
Written by C harles Xavier Telegram and WhatsApp are both known for their security and end-to-end encryption and latest forward way secrecy techniques which secure end user data in a good manner. All these security features still doesn’t stop hackers from Hacking into WhatsApp or Telegram using a very known and old exploit of Signaling System 7 (SS7) . SS7 Exploitation has been discussed many time in the Forum , In this post I will just show you the Live Hack Demo and how accounts are taken over. Check out the Video Demo of WhatsApp hacking (Telegram Technique is also SAME ) How the Hack is executed ? Above demonstrated hack DOES NOT break WhatsApp and Telegram Encryption rather it exploits the weakness of SS7. This is done by tricking the cellular network into believing that the Attacker’s phone has the same number as the target’s. From there, the attacker would create a new WhatsApp or Telegram account and receive the secret code that...