Being the biggest is not always good. WhatsApp, with the highest number of monthly users worldwide, is prone to hackers and crackers. (Image via Daily Express)

Biggest platform in the world, hackers run wild in WhatsApp

The cross-platform messaging service, WhatsApp, has turned itself as the most popular messaging service in the world. By October 2019, the Facebook-owned app had reached 1.6 billion monthly active users around the world. The number beat Facebook Messenger (1.3 billion) and WeChat (1.1 billion).

However, the extravagant number does not come with good news. As WhatsApp houses many users, it makes them prone to hackers and crackers. Cybersecurity advisors believe that the more popular an app, the harder the efforts to crack the app.

Windows once released its own operating system (OS), and it was too prone to viruses. Finally, the position was replaced by Android with its own defects and viruses. In other words, popular apps attract evil deeds.

Many hackers and crackers are trying to exploit the cybersecurity gap in WhatsApp.

While there are many messaging services with their own cybersecurity defects, the hackers and crackers often target WhatsApp users as the number told you, the highest in the world.

Especially, WhatsApp will release its own e-wallet service, WhatsApp Pay. Since August 2019, Facebook is negotiating with Bank Indonesia to implement the service in Indonesia. Regarding any further details, Facebook Indonesia did not disclose any further.

Previously, WhatsApp Pay tried itself out in India. WhatsApp aims to implement the payment method in Indonesia as the ASEAN country holds more than 100 million active users.

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