ISLAMABAD – WhatsApp users data can be easily hacked or leaked, Revealslatest Report.
Google has indexed invite links to private WhatsApp group chats, meaninganyone can join various private chat groups with a simple search.
According to a report in Motherboard, invitations to WhatsApp group chatswere being indexed by Google.
The team found private groups using specific Google searches and evenjoined a group intended for NGOs accredited by the UN and had access to allthe participants and their phone numbers.
Journalist Jordan Wildon said on Twitter that he discovered that WhatsApp’s”Invite to Group Link” feature lets Google index groups, making themavailable across the internet since the links are being shared outside ofWhatsApp’s secure private messaging service.
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“Your WhatsApp groups may not be as secure as you think they are,” Wildontweeted on Friday, adding that using particular Google searches, people candiscover links to the chats.
According to app reverse-engineer Jane Wong, Google has around 470,000results for a simple search of “chat.whatsapp.com”, part of the URL thatmakes up invites to WhatsApp groups.
WhatsApp spokesperson Alison Bonny said: “Like all content that is sharedin searchable public channels, invite links that are posted publicly on theinternet can be found by other WhatsApp users.”
