UAE issues warning for smartphone users against 'hacking message'

Abu Dhabi - TRA has clarified that a call cannot give someone access to their photos and personal files.

UAE telecom authority has issued a warning against a fake hacking message, which claims that people's smartphones can be hacked via a call.
According to a statement by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority on late Sunday night, a message is being sent residents, claiming that their smartphones can be hacked by just answering a phone call from certain numbers.
TRA has clarified that a call cannot give someone access to their photos and personal files.

 

 

 

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Beware!?? "Fake warning messages" It #claims that users' #smartphones are exposed to #hacking and theft of their photos and personal files by simply answering a #phone call from certain numbers. . To clarify, there is no #technical way through which a smartphone and data could be #hacked by simply receiving or answering a phone #call
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