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Your WhatsApp number is at the risk of being leaked as a cybersecurity researcher has discovered a bug that allows users’ numbers to show up on Google Search.
A cybersecurity researcher named Athul Jayram has found a WhatsApp bug that prompts thousands of phone numbers to appear on Google search. The flaw in the WhatsApp web portal has affected users from countries like India, the US and the UK, among others. Athul has revealed that the bug is part of the app’s Click to Chat feature which puts a user’s number