Woman's Whatsapp account hacked, sends friends $1,000 loan requests without her knowledge
A 50-year-old woman's WhatsApp account was allegedly hacked after she opened a compressed file sent by a familiar supplier, with more than 10 of her contacts subsequently receiving messages asking to borrow $1,000 each from them.The woman, surnamed Chen, works as an accounts assistant and received a WhatsApp message from a supplier at about 11am on Oct 27, Shin Min Daily News reported. As the they had worked together and regularly exchanged accounting documents, Chen did not suspect anything amiss and opened the file on her company computer, but she could not view any contents after opening it.She later noticed unfamiliar text and programmes appearing on her computer screen, with processes seemingly running on their own.Chen did not realise then that her computer might have been compromised, but she realised something was wrong when her boss asked whether she had borrowed money from anyone that evening. Shin Min Daily reported that her WhatsApp account had apparently been accessed by scammers, who sent messages to her contacts asking each of them to lend $1,000.