How to recover a hacked Whatsapp Account; 2 ways

Do you want to learn how to recover a hacked Whatsapp account?

Before we even dive into this, something happened a few weeks. Hackers hijacked the WhatsApp account of a CEO; Similar to whaling right?

About the CEO who was hacked; the hackers sent him a phishing link, he clicked on it and his account was hijacked. The hackers started sending the employees and the rest of the contacts phishing links in attempt to exhort money from them. One of the employees saw the phishing link and thought it was from her boss and boom, she clicked on the link but the details seemed unfamiliar. She called the boss to confirm if he was the one who had sent the link and he said his WhatsApp account was hacked.

They hijacked the girls Whatsapp account, email accounts and contacts. What is even more horrible is that they extracted her contacts, and deleted the contacts from her phone and she was left with an empty tin of a phone.

She was in that level now. We had to reset the phone because the damage was not just on WhatsApp but all the accounts in the phone, the next step was to secure the other accounts.

1. Do not install a third-party WhatsApp account. When navigating ways on how to recover a hacked WhatsApp account, installing a third-party WhatsApp app during reinstallation should never cross your mind at all. Third-Party apps can easily be hacked because they are not sufficiently secured. Download the original app and install

2. Do not wait for some time then recover your account; remember the more you delay, the more damage is placed on your account. You will not only lose your data but integrity as well

because everyone among your contacts will think you are the one who is sending those malicious links; they will think you are a thief and not trust you again; that why today we are

navigating ways how to recover a hacked WhatsApp account.

3. Do not recover the account then forget to secure it. If you don’t secure the WhatsApp account, you will be playing cat and mouse game with the hacker. You recover, the hacker hijacks. Take a step and set up a two-factor authentication

Do not wait for your account to be hacked and then you begin the process of securing it, remember prevention is always better than cure. One thing I know is that sometimes the data in your account may not be recovered if the damage is intense. If your account was hijacked and everything was deleted, then you will have to start from zero.

Another important thing, I didn’t talk about is the importance of backing up your WhatsApp chats. When you lose your account, you will be able to restore the chats while trying to recover it

How to recover a hacked Whatsapp account; Setting a two-factor authentication

• Open your WhatsApp account
• Click the 3 dots at the top-right corner
• Click settings, then account
• Click two-step verification
• Set up a pin

When your protect your WhatsApp account, you protect also your loved ones; remember the information that you have in your device has power to either build or destroy you. Take a step of protection.

Incase your account is hacked and you don’t know how to go about the whole process, I can always assist at an affordable fee depending on the damage. The standard recovery fee is usually 14usd