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Your WhatsApp was hacked: what to do right now

Here is the official process on WhatsApp, checked on 15 October 2026. Follow the steps in order.

Before you start

  • Only use the platform’s official recovery page, never a link sent to you in a message: that’s often a scam.
  • If you still have access to your email, change its password first: it’s the key to all your accounts.
  • Once you get the account back: a new unique password, two-factor authentication turned on, and unknown devices logged out.
  • Warn your contacts: the hacker may ask them for money while pretending to be you.

The steps

  1. Keep your number’s SIM card in the phone: without it the account can’t be recovered.
  2. In WhatsApp, tap "Log back in" > "Continue" and enter your number.
  3. Enter the 6-digit code you get by SMS or call: the intruder is logged out.
  4. Never share that code. If asked for a PIN you don’t know, wait 7 days and try again.
  5. Warn your contacts that someone may have pretended to be you.
Open the official page faq.whatsapp.com (new tab)

You don’t need an account. Checked on 15 October 2026.

If it doesn’t work

An official form can go unanswered or be wrongly refused. That’s not the end: there are other doors, heavier but effective — the company hosting the site, the company managing its domain name, the laws of your country, the data protection authority. That’s exactly what we do for you, with your agreement.

  1. Reporting to the platform
  2. A written request to the site owner
  3. The domain name registrar
  4. The hosting company
  5. Search engines
  6. The authority or the courts
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Same situation, other platforms

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This information helps you use your rights. It doesn’t replace advice from a lawyer.