‘Baahubali’ producer claims WhatsApp account was hacked

Sharing this on social media, Shobu Yarlagadda said WhatsApp was preventing him from logging back into his account for several hours due to multiple incorrect PIN attempts.

Hyderabad: The WhatsApp account of ‘Baahubali’ film franchise producer Shobu Yarlagadda was reportedly hacked by unknown persons.

Sharing this on social media, Shobu Yarlagadda said WhatsApp was preventing him from logging back into his account for several hours due to multiple incorrect PIN attempts. During this time, the hacker reportedly had been targeting people in Shobu Yarlagadda’s contact list, gaining access to their accounts.

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The film producer later raised the issue with ‘Meta’ management and lodged an online complaint on his ‘X’ account.

Shobu Yarlagadda’s post read: “My @WhatsApp account has been hacked. The hacker has taken control of my account. What’s worse is that @WhatsApp won’t let me log back in for 12 hours because it says I entered the wrong PIN multiple times. In the meantime, the hacker is duping more people in my contacts and gaining access to their accounts, putting even more accounts at risk. There seems to be no way to reach @WhatsApp. This is outrageous! Please do something about this, @Meta and @WhatsApp.”

However, there was no formal police complaint on the issue.