WhatsApp leaks data of 5 million Dutch people (this is how you check it)
There has been a major WhatsApp leak with which the data of 5.4 million Dutch people have been captured. Do you want to know if you are also the victim? You can check that yourself.
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WhatsApp leaks data 5.4 million Dutch people
A hacker offers a database with 487 million WhatsApp numbers on the internet. The website Cybernews has done further research and checked some of the numbers. All numbers indeed turned out to be from a WhatsApp account.
The huge collection includes WhatsApp numbers from different countries. For example, most of the data (45 million numbers) comes from Egypt. Italy is in second place with 35 million data, in addition, 32 million WhatsApp data of Americans have been leaked. The Netherlands (5.4 million data) and Belgium (3.1 million data) are much lower on the list.
The hacker says he “used his own ways” to get the data. The WhatsApp data is for sale on a popular hacker forum. For example, he wants to see $ 7000 for the American numbers.
This way you can check whether your data has been leaked
Do you want to know if your data is at risk after this WhatsApp leak? You can check that (soon) on the website ‘have i been pwned’. You can enter your phone number or e-mail address there and click ‘pwned?’ click.
Please note that you enter your telephone number with country code. This means that you start with +31 for a Dutch number. Incidentally, you can also check on this website whether your telephone number or e-mail address has already been captured in a hack.
In addition, it is always wise to block chats or calls from unknown numbers in WhatsApp almost immediately. To do this, tap the chat and the number at the top of your iPhone’s screen. Scroll down and choose ‘Block
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