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Dec 17 2025 WhatsApp device linking abused in account hijacking attacks

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Threat actors are abusing the legitimate device-linking feature to hijack WhatsApp accounts via pairing codes in a campaign dubbed GhostPairing. [...]

Posted by Bill Toulas on Wed 17 December 2025 in BleepingComputer.

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