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Malaysians Are Receiving ZIP & RAR Files From WhatsApp Contacts. Here’s What You Shouldn’t Do
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Attention
18
−100% / 60 min
Momentum
19
0 vs 1 mentions/h
Sources
2
1 mentions
Platforms
1
News
First detected 21 Oct, 15:35 MYTLatest activity 21 Oct, 16:01ENconfidence 80%
What happened
Malaysians Are Receiving ZIP & RAR Files From WhatsApp Contacts. Here’s What You Shouldn’t Do (Google News Malaysia (EN), 15:35)
The reporting
1 report- SAYS·News·EN·21 Oct, 16:01 MYT
Malaysians Are Receiving ZIP & RAR Files From WhatsApp Contacts. Here’s What You Shouldn’t Do
Dozens of people have reportedly received unexpected attachments disguised as invoices or statements of account, with recipients instructed to open them on a computer.
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Why it is new
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Attention graph
Latest 17:04 MYT
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Mentions / h0Velocity0.00/minSources1Platforms1
Timeline
Where it started
Google News Malaysia (EN) (News)
21 Oct, 15:35 MYT
Origin confidence 90% · 26 min ahead of the next source
Open the first mention ↗How it spread
- Step 1News outletsGoogle News Malaysia (EN)15:35
- Step 2NewsSAYS16:01 · +26 min
Internet reaction
News · 1
What we know
- Covered by 1 established outlet(s): Google News Malaysia (EN)
What we don’t know
- Independent confirmation is missing; treat specifics as unverified
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Malaysians Are Receiving ZIP & RAR Files From WhatsApp Contacts. Here’s What You Shouldn’t Do
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