Malaysian home minister's WhatsApp hijacked to send scam messages
The WhatsApp account of Malaysia's home minister was hacked. The attackers used the hijacked account to send scam messages to people in his contacts. Specific financial losses and whether the account was recovered have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Hijacking of the home minister's WhatsApp account and scam messages sent to contacts
- Cause / method
- WhatsApp account hijacking
- Location
- Malaysia
Timeline
- The hack of the Malaysian home minister's WhatsApp account became known.
- It emerged that the hijacked account had been used to scam people in his contacts.
- It was further reported that the attackers had sent messages to the home minister's contacts.
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