{"id":9351,"date":"2024-01-21T08:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=9351"},"modified":"2024-01-21T08:36:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T08:36:46","slug":"mha-think-tank-alerts-against-hijack-sextortion-impersonation-scams-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/mha-think-tank-alerts-against-hijack-sextortion-impersonation-scams-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"MHA Think Tank Alerts Against \u2018Hijack\u2019, Sextortion, Impersonation Scams On WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW DELHI, Jan 21: A\u00a0<\/span>police<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>research\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>union\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>released\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>warning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scams\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>occur\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>widely\u00a0<\/span>used\u00a0<\/span><\/span>social\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>messaging\u00a0<\/span>app\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>result\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money\u00a0<\/span>theft\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cybercrimes.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Seven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>distinct\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fraud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>kinds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identified\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bureau\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Research\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Development\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(BPRD).\u00a0<\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deceitful\u00a0<\/span>tactics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fooling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>through\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missed\u00a0<\/span>calls,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>video\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conversations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>investment\u00a0<\/span>plans\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>employment\u00a0<\/span>offers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>purportedly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impersonation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hijacking,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>screen\u00a0<\/span>sharing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eight-page\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advisory-cum-alert\u00a0<\/span><\/span>described\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>scam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“hijacking”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attempt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>con\u00a0<\/span>artists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unauthorised\u00a0<\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victim’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(WA)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>account\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ask\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>acquaintances\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Also,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>few\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reported\u00a0<\/span>seeing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp\u00a0<\/span><\/span>video\u00a0<\/span>calls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unidentified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numbers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>essentially\u00a0<\/span><\/span>naked\u00a0<\/span><\/span>video\u00a0<\/span>conversations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>used\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sextortion,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>followed\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>threats\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>user.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BPRD,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hackers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blackmail\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>user\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>money\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exchange.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Home\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Affairs<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BPRD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>think\u00a0<\/span>tank\u00a0<\/span><\/span>focused\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police-related\u00a0<\/span><\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(MHA).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>part,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>owned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>internet\u00a0<\/span><\/span>giant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meta,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>recently\u00a0<\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>messaging\u00a0<\/span>campaigns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>inform\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>safety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>protections\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>network\u00a0<\/span><\/span>offers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BPRD,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hackers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>utilise\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“code\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scripted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bots”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>identify\u00a0<\/span><\/span>active\u00a0<\/span>users\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>then\u00a0<\/span><\/span>target\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>cyber\u00a0<\/span>threats.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>hackers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>say\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span>do\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intercepting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>missed\u00a0<\/span>calls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>numbers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>codes,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>primarily\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Vietnam,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kenya,\u00a0<\/span>Ethiopia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Malaysia.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>financial\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>officers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>high-ranking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>officials\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>among\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>management\u00a0<\/span>executives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>con\u00a0<\/span>artists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>target\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impersonation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scam.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>contact\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>victim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>posing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>CEO\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span>officer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>company.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>persuade\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>victim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>transfer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>funds,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>fraudsters\u00a0<\/span><\/span>obtain\u00a0<\/span><\/span>personal\u00a0<\/span>information\u00a0<\/span><\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>employees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>posing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>browsing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>social\u00a0<\/span>media\u00a0<\/span><\/span>handles.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then\u00a0<\/span><\/span>create\u00a0<\/span><\/span>similar\u00a0<\/span>profiles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>request\u00a0<\/span><\/span>immediate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>payments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>some\u00a0<\/span><\/span>links\u00a0<\/span><\/span>citing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>attendance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>crucial\u00a0<\/span>meeting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>issue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>phone\u00a0<\/span>number,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BPRD.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Additionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>images\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>several\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accounts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>similar\u00a0<\/span>attempts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>attempted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>shared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>notice.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>particular\u00a0<\/span>concern\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recently\u00a0<\/span>announced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“screen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>share”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>feature\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>conveyed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>letter.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BPRD,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>frauds\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>observed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>past\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scammers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>got\u00a0<\/span><\/span>victims’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>screen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>access\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fraudulently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>commit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>illicit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>activities.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>con\u00a0<\/span>artists\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pose\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>banks,\u00a0<\/span>financial\u00a0<\/span>institutions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>governments,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>organisations.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>persuading\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>victim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>share\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>screen,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>malicious\u00a0<\/span>app\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>piece\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>software\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“surreptitiously”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>installed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>device,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>compromising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>victim’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>private\u00a0<\/span>data,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>passwords,\u00a0<\/span>bank\u00a0<\/span>account\u00a0<\/span>information,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>banking\u00a0<\/span>services.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>message\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>customers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>enable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>factor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authentication,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2FA,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>account\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>part\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>dos\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>don’ts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>advised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>against\u00a0<\/span><\/span>returning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>calls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>calls\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>unknown\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suspect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reporting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>banning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span>numbers.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp\u00a0<\/span>messaging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>app’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>notified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>data\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incident.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Official\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>sent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relevant\u00a0<\/span>authorities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>same\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reason,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>number\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>government\u00a0<\/span>agencies\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>working\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“Unknown\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communications\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>WhatsApp\u00a0<\/span><\/span>should\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>avoided\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>precaution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>without\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>confirming\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>legitimacy.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>However,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>suitable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>remedy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>yet\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identified,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>statement\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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