Hyderabad, April 4 -- Hyderabad Commissioner of Police VC Sajjanar on Saturday, April 4, cautioned corporate firms against cyber fraudsters targeting emails and impersonating authorities via WhatsApp.

In a video message, Sajjanar said, "Cybercriminals have launched a sophisticated new "WhatsApp Impersonation Fraud'"' scheme, specifically targeting business heads, CEOs, CFOs, and accountants."

He explained that the cyber fraudsters target official emails by sending malicious phishing links to inject malware into computers, to gain complete remote access to the systems. Sajjanar said that after gaining access to the computer, they exploit active WhatsApp Web sessions to send deceptive messages to accountants, posing as the CEO or CFO.

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