Australian minister Anne Aly’s WhatsApp account hijacked through scam link
Australian minister Anne Aly had her personal WhatsApp account hijacked after opening a scam link that appeared to have come from someone she knew. Following the takeover, unauthorised messages asking contacts to vote were sent from the account, and the incident was reported to the relevant authorities.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Phishing & smishing
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Hijacking of the minister’s personal WhatsApp account and unauthorised messages sent to her contacts
- Cause / method
- Account hijacking through a scam link impersonating someone she knew
- Location
- Australia
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- It emerged that minister Anne Aly’s WhatsApp account had been hijacked, unauthorised messages had been sent, and the incident had been reported to the relevant authorities.
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