Your OTP is hacked! Here’s how hackers are stealing your personal information

Your OTP is hacked! Here’s how hackers are stealing your personal information

Exposed by Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox, he said that these hackers are using SMS, which is supposed for business purposes, to hold out the attack. He orchestrated this whole experiment by using his personal telephone number . Cox further revealed that the hackers administered the attack in such how that the victim wouldn't even know that he has been targeted.

In this digital age when everything is administered online, there are more disadvantages than its positives as there are numerous attacks last year. To top it all, now even your SMS, OTP isn't safe and hackers can actually affect your WhatsApp account too. 

According to a report, hackers have now found new ways to steal your personal data and that they are using SMS to rob data from your smartphones. They cash in of the safety lapses to redirect important text messages like SMS, including those containing OTP, or login links for services like WhatsApp.

Exposed by Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox, he said that these hackers are using SMS, which is supposed for business purposes, to hold out the attack. He orchestrated this whole experiment by using his personal telephone number.

Cox further revealed that the hackers administered the attack in such how that the victim wouldn't even know that he has been targeted.

"Looking down at my phone, there was no sign it had been hacked. I still had reception; the phone said i used to be still connected to the T-Mobile network. Nothing was unusual there. But the hacker had swiftly, stealthily, and largely effortlessly redirected my text messages to themselves. and every one for just $16,” the VICE report read.

This attack is aimed toward getting access to information like log-in to social media accounts related to that telephone number.

With the assistance of a corporation called Sakari, which basically deals in SMS marketing businesses, the hacker administered this attack.