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New scam via WhatsApp message infects phones and steals accounts

9 outlets · 10 articles
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Which outlet each circle is
  • Newsit Centre
  • Proto Thema Centre-right
  • Eleftheros Typos Centre-right
  • Newsbeast Centre-right
  • Mononews Centre-right
  • HuffPost Greece not rated
  • enikos.gr not rated
  • Chronos not rated
  • Economistas not rated
No published lean (4)

What is happening

What the sources report

A WhatsApp message arrives on the user's phone, apparently from a friend or acquaintance, and asks for a vote in an online dance contest for the daughter of a friend of theirs. Eleftheros Typos

The message may come from the account of a known person that has already been hacked. enikos.gr

In some versions, the user is asked to enter a verification code or scan a QR code, thereby connecting without knowledge a device controlled by the perpetrators. enikos.gr

According to reports, several users have already fallen victim and the Cybercrime Division has been informed. Newsbeast

Those who clicked the link are asked to check their linked devices, disconnect any they do not recognise and enable two-step verification. HuffPost Greece

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How each side headlined it

Each outlet's first headline, by its published political lean. The method

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Centre 1
Right 4
Headlines from 4 outlets without a political rating
All articles by time (10)
TimeOutletHeadline
20 Oct, 21:08NewsitΠροσοχή: Αν σας έρθει αυτό το μήνυμα στο WhatsApp μην το ανοίξετε
20 Oct, 21:50HuffPost GreeceΠροειδοποίηση για το WhatsApp: Μην ανοίξετε αυτό το μήνυμα
20 Oct, 22:33Proto ThemaΠροσοχή! Νέα ηλεκτρονική απάτη: Μήνυμα στο WhatsApp «μολύνει» τα κινητά των χρηστών, τι να κάνετε αν το ανοίξατε
20 Oct, 23:02Eleftheros TyposΝέα απάτη μέσω WhatsApp «χτυπά» τα κινητά – Το ύποπτο μήνυμα και τι να κάνετε αν το ανοίξατε
20 Oct, 23:14NewsbeastΑπάτη μέσω WhatsApp με δήθεν ψηφοφορία – Πώς να ελέγξετε αν κάποιος έχει πρόσβαση στον λογαριασμό σας
21 Oct, 09:15Eleftheros TyposWhatsApp: Συναγερμός για τη νέα απάτη που «κλέβει» λογαριασμούς – Το μήνυμα-παγίδα που πρέπει να προσέξετε
21 Oct, 09:28enikos.grΑπάτη στο WhatsApp: Πώς οι «αετονύχηδες» επιχειρούν να υποκλέψουν λογαριασμούς
21 Oct, 14:33ChronosΑπάτη στο WhatsApp με πρόσχημα ψηφοφορία σε διαγωνισμό χορού
21 Oct, 14:57MononewsWhatsApp: Πανευρωπαϊκή απάτη με κακόβουλο μήνυμα – Τι να κάνετε αν το λάβετε Text republished from Newsit
21 Oct, 15:57EconomistasΝέα απάτη στο WhatsApp με δόλωμα διαγωνισμό – Τι να προσέξετε

When each outlet covered it

First report 20 October at 21:08, latest 21 October at 15:57. Within the first hour: 2 of 9 outlets. Each column: 1 hour.