The Israeli Police and the National Cyber Directorate have advised citizens against answering unexpected WhatsApp calls from abroad. This is because it may be a sign of an attempt to hack a phone.
Authorities claim that a high volume of these calls, including video calls, are occurring among Israelis.
Noting that the issue is being reported to Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, the cyber directorate further stated that responding to such calls will not result in a phone to be hacked or damaged.
WhatsApp users are advised by authorities to modify their privacy settings to block calls from unknown numbers.
Additionally, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that during the night, fighters from its Shayetet 13 Naval Commando unit conducted what it called a targeted raid from the sea in the southern Gaza Strip. The forces involved in the operation destroyed the terrorist organisation Hamas’s infrastructure and conducted operations within a compound that was utilised by the group’s naval commando forces.
This article has been indexed from CySecurity News – Latest Information Security and Hacking Incidents
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