A participant suspiciously entered WhatsApp Group

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ömer faruk bayrak 1
ömer faruk bayrak
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Dec 1, 2018, 12:40:21 AM via Website

I'm a group administrator. There are 256 participants and me. One left the group. I didn't share link anyone, didn't add anyone but suddenly saw that
"a number (like +90 5xx xxx xx xx) added."
I don't know how did it happen and, how to prevent this, protect the groups. Please help urgently.
Thanks.

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James Watson 36
James Watson
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Dec 1, 2018, 7:14:53 AM via Website

First of all, just remove that participant.

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sigaukei 5
sigaukei
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Dec 1, 2018, 10:56:57 AM via Website

It is very strange, are you sure you are the only Admin? did the App say that the member was added by you? I consider Whatsapp groups to be extremely secured to be intruded just like that.

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ömer faruk bayrak 1
ömer faruk bayrak
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Dec 1, 2018, 2:37:07 PM via Website

I'm not the only admin but when an admin add someone, the info box says "Admin X added Participant Y" In facy, he asked me, did you add anyone. But I had not.
Or when someone uses the invitation link, the info box says "Participant Z joined via an invite link"

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But this is quite different. "+90 538 xxx has been added"

Is anyone hacking groups? Is it possible?

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ömer faruk bayrak 1
ömer faruk bayrak
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Dec 1, 2018, 2:38:52 PM via Website

yes, we did and asked him how did you join but he didn't answer and blocked us.

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olivier
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Jan 20, 2020, 1:41:02 PM via Website

Hey Omer,

You can password protect your group chats so that only people with the password can join your group chat with joingroupchat.com.

Cheers,
Olivier

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aryanmags123
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Mar 16, 2020, 5:22:01 AM via Website

I hope this is not too late. That's very strange.

There has been a fact that WhatsApp has frequently been the target of cybercriminals. Although the app itself is secured, many have reported falling prey to a fake WhatsApp software that turns out to be malware.

You should be careful using WhatsApp especially when it comes to working.

Check this article out - www.myline.com/whatsapp-international-calling.

I've learned a lot. I've used WhatsApp before and was not aware of the risk.

I hope this helps.

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