MeitY Warns of GhostPairing Campaign Exploiting WhatsApp Device Linking to Hijack Accounts
Introduction India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a public cybersecurity advisory alerting citizens about a sophisticated cyber campaign dubbed GhostPairing, which is actively being used to hijack WhatsApp accounts. The campaign leverages social engineering techniques combined with abuse of WhatsApp’s legitimate device-linking feature, allowing attackers to gain complete access to user […]