This is a text bomb that has originated in Brazil and is prevalent there. According to reports, this has been started in mid-August and has now spread to other regions globally.
The text bomb contains a series of randomly placed special characters and is not legible in terms of meaning or design of any sort.
When the attacker sends that code in Whatsapp, Whatsapp fails to understand the code (example--> if someone sends you a text on Whatsapp 'good morning' then WhatsApp software understands it and displays it on your smartphone; but what if it is unable to process then the app crashes this is actually what happens in a Whatsapp bomb)
How it started?
A user with the handle @Ian_Oli_01 responded to that tweet with two screenshots and a message that reads - “Anti-crash integrated into official WhatsApp: There are messages designed to freeze or crash your WhatsApp. Then there are modded WhatsApp versions that have a ‘Crashcode protection’ like a bigger Unicode database. We need this integrated into the official application.”
WABetaInfo responded to this tweet with
How to be safe from it?
For now, users are being advised to not open messages from unknown numbers and contacts.
As an extra layer of protection, you can go to your Settings, click on Privacy, then click on Groups and change “Who can add me to groups” from ‘Everyone’ to ‘My Contacts’. This will prevent unknown people you do not know from adding you to groups and dropping this text bomb into the chat there.
“WhatsApp has released and already begun rolling out a patch that addresses this in its latest iOS software update. As with any tech product, we strongly encourage users to keep their WhatsApp app and mobile operating system up to date and download updates whenever they’re available,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said.
So most importantly you should always keep updating your system and apps (I have set auto-update my apps, so every time there is an update out it automatically installs in my phone)
It is not the same as its name suggest don't think that it is a bomb and your phone will blast with you into pieces 🤣🤣
⚠️⚠️WhatsApp also strictly prohibits sending viruses or malware to other users using its platform. It can ban your WhatsApp account for a lifetime according to their community guidelines ⚠️⚠️
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