A few days ago, a new coup by cybercriminals against What is it, this action harmed more than 500 million users from up to 84 different countries of the world, because their phone numbers were leaked to access their personal and even financial information, which is already being sold on the dangerous “Dark Web”. ”, Would you like to know if your number is in the list prepared by hackers? That is something that we will explain to you from Depor now. Follow the steps.

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Data on people living in the United States sells for 7 thousand dollars, in the UK and Germany for more than 2 thousand dollars, similarly, other countries are identified as: India, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia , Egypt, France , Turkey, etc., total there are 84 countries. What is the Dark Web? Translated into Spanish, it means dark web, it is content that is not indexed by public search engines and requires authorization or some special software to access these sites. This is where users’ personal and bank details are sold without their knowledge.

How to check if your WhatsApp phone number has been leaked by hackers?

• Technology portal cybernews have put together a website that has a search engine capable of knowing if your number has been hacked.
• “Our tester has a 500GB hashed email database”, I highlighted the media in question. To access the database click below link.
• Now, in the box that says “your email or phone (international format)” add your mobile number with your country code, for example: in Peru “+51”.
• Then, click the green button that says “Check it out now”.
• Here you will see two warnings: “We haven’t found your data among the filtersand “Oh no! Your data has been leaked.
• What must you do to protect your information? Change the passwords of all your accounts that use leaked email addresses, as well as any accounts you have with hacked numbers.
• Avoid creating passwords that are easy to guess, instead create passwords that contain special characters, such as: #, %, /, etc.

This happens with your WhatsApp account if you remove the SIM card from your phone

• Remember that What is it This is an application that works with an internet connection.
• Indeed, WhatsApp asks you for a mobile number to create an account, but if you receive a phone call, you will not respond through the app.
• It just asks for a number to verify it’s yours, it’s a very important security filter, how do you find out? Since the app sends you a “verification code” via SMS text message, it’s necessary so you can create an account.
• After this, the app will never use your number again, unless you change your smartphone.
• If you remove the SIM card, you can chat normally, as long as you have internet access, however, if you are using the mobile data from your contract plan, then when you remove the chip, you will no longer be able to chat, make or receive calls and video calls.
• It also won’t allow you to link your accounts on WhatsApp Web or the Desktop version, and if they do, they will close automatically as they are phone dependent (something that will change soon with “Multi-device” mode).
• It is recommended not to remove the chip or block it if you lose it, because this way cyber criminals will have access to all your account information.