PUNE: Working president of NCP (SCP) and Baramati MP Supriya Sule on Sunday posted on X that her WhatsApp account had been hacked into. She informed TOI that the hacker demanded $400 to revive her account, experiences Anurag Bende.
Sule despatched an internet criticism to Pune rural police following which the cops discovered that her WhatsApp account was lively on one other system.They managed to revive her account in a couple of hours.
Supriya was at a celebration occasion in Daund tehsil on Sunday morning when she realised what had occurred. “I obtained a message on WhatsApp from a recognized quantity and replied to the message and realised that my WhatsApp account had been hacked into,” she stated.
In line with the Baramati MP, after getting access to her messaging utility, the hacker despatched a message to certainly one of her crew members utilizing her WhatsApp.
“The hacker demanded $400. My crew member instantly knowledgeable me about this suspicious messaging,” she stated.
MP advises customers of app to be cautious
She added that she suspected one thing fishy and instantly shut down her cellphone. “I requested Jayant Patil, state president of NCP (SCP), who was subsequent to me, to ship me a message on my WhatsApp. When he did so, the hacker replied to him whereas my cellphone was off. I instantly knowledgeable the police about it,” Supriya stated.
Supriya additionally informed TOI {that a} crew members’ WhatsApp account was additionally hacked into and the hacker despatched messages to over 20 contacts from her crew member’s account.
Superintendent of Police (Pune rural) Pankaj Deshmukh informed TOI, “After receiving the criticism from the Baramati MP, we discovered that her WhatsApp account was lively on one other system. We restored her account in a couple of hours. Barring her WhatsApp utility, all different functions on her cellphone and the cellphone system had been intact and never hacked into.”
Whereas her messaging app was restored by police, Supriya cautioned cellphone customers to watch out. “I’m sharing my instance to make individuals conscious of one of these hacking modus. I attraction to each cellphone person to watch out whereas utilizing their gadgets and working WhatsApp. I really feel that one of the best ways is just not to reply to any unknown numbers,” the Baramati MP stated.
On whether or not she suspects a much bigger conspiracy behind the hacking episode, Supriya stated, “I have no idea who’s behind it. The police investigation will hopefully shed some mild.”
The Pune rural police are actually looking for out extra particulars. Deshmukh stated, “As of now, we do not know the way it was hacked and who the individuals behind it had been. We are going to probe how the suspects gained management of her WhatsApp,” he stated.
