Caution. Over the next few weeks, or even months, SMS scam attempts might increase in Switzerland. Because currently, nearly 500 million phone numbers, a priori linked to WhatsApp, are for sale on the darknet. This case directly echoes a fine imposed on Monday on Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, for not having sufficiently protected the data of its users.
The Swiss are closely concerned by the theft of numbers linked to WhatsApp
