Indian security forces have France Archivesbeen alerted by central intelligence agencies that a WhatsApp virus is threatening to hack into their personal information and banking data.
Two malicious files circulating on the messaging platform falsely bears the names of elite organisations like NDA and NIA, the Press Trust of India reported.
SEE ALSO: WhatsApp group administrators not liable for content: Indian courtOfficials in the know have reportedly said that 'NDA' points towards the army's National Defence Academy and 'NIA' is the National Investigation Agency — India's leading terrorist incidents' probe organisation.
Defense personnel, including the army, paramilitary as well as police forces, have been warned that their login data and bank PIN numbers could be at stake.
They have also been told to report any untoward incidents to the government's IT cell.
In October last year, more than 3.2 million debit cards, including ATM pins, were compromised when an offshore hacker made an unauthorized access to one of India's leading bank's servers.
But the recent WhatsApp virus seems to be specifically targeting the country's defense forces.
Topics Cybersecurity WhatsApp
Previous：Brown Existence Anxiety
Next：So Much Winning
Weekly Bafflements
On Excavation: The Paintings of Mark Bradford by John Vincler
Ncuti Gatwa shines in new 'Doctor Who' Disney+ trailer
Writers’ Fridges: Jia Tolentino by Jia Tolentino
Festung High School
Part Love Letter, Part Cookbook by The Paris Review
Staff Picks: Barbecues, Beyoncé, and the Bourgeoisie by The Paris Review
Elon Musk's X is letting paid users hide their likes
Fresh Hell
The Caribbean’s Deadliest Fruit: A Taste Test by Jonathan Escoffery
Revolutionary Redux
Massive US emergency alert test message to be sent in October. What to know.
Maurice Sendak at the Opera by The Paris Review
A Primer for Forgetting by Lewis Hyde
Cops on Campus
PlayStation Wrap
Auden’s Grumpy Moon Landing Poem by Nina Martyris
On Seeing, Waking, and Being Woke by Jess Row
Joe Ricketts, Media Destroyer
The Creative Compulsions of OCD by Adam O’Fallon Price
Corporate recruitment event is a realFifth Harmony are back as a fourVery determined man mows the grass as a tornado swirls nearbySnapchat buys a company to help it better track your whereabouts'I'm Dying Up Here' Ari Graynor on the trials and triumphs of women in comedyGoogle Home outages reported as AI becomes even more importantLeaked listing of Apple Files app could mean file management is (finally) coming to your iPhoneApple's healthcare ambitions look to take a step forwardWWDC 2017: iOS 11, HomePod, and everything else you need to knowGoogle's new doodle goes green on World Environment DayHackers reportedly leaked eight episodes of Steve Harvey's unaired 'Funderdome'Apple wants more people buying things via iMessageHillary Clinton's got some good advice for the resistanceApple's iMac gets a longSurprise! Apple unveils the iMac Pro, the 'most powerful Mac ever'One girl's simple love of Papa John's pizza gets her into YaleApple Music just announced a new feature to share your music preferences with friendsApple will soon block autoplay videos and data tracking in SafariiOS 11 could finally bring drag and drop to our iPhonesApple finally reveals its Siri Taylor Swift played host to foster children at her last tour rehearsal Childish Gambino shares powerful, new music video, 'This Is America' Microsoft's future is the Azure Cloud, AI, and Microsoft 365 How mutual masturbation can help close the orgasm gap Yes, you can really slip on a banana peel. Let this woman show you how. Here's how to survive your graduation ceremony Donald Glover packed 'This Is America' with a lot of hidden meaning Mozilla's Pocket begins sticking sponsored content in new Firefox tabs Ariana Grande casually wore a Sistine Chapel fresco to the Met Gala Twitter is toying with encrypted direct messaging on the Android app Ecoflow releases River Bank, world's most powerful charging station Sorry, but those 'Inbetweeners' series 4 rumours aren't true Deeply committed Big Mac fan eats his 30,000th order Elon Musk fires back, defends behavior on recent Tesla earnings call Lego and Amazon Alexa launch roleplaying Echo game for young builders FBI agents swarmed with drones during a hostage rescue operation Everything new grads need to know about resume What happens when you ignore emails and Slack messages after work Ham ice cream is the newest thing that no one asked for How to watch the Microsoft Build keynote livestreams
2.2069s , 8192.84375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【France Archives】,Information Information Network