‘Argentina Is Doing It’ WhatsApp Video Virus Will Not Hack Your Mobile Phone in 10 Seconds, Here’s the Truth Behind Viral Post Claimed to Be Aired on CNN
After Twitter accounts of prominent world personalities like Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and others were hacked, people have started worrying about their data security in the digital world. In recent, a message is going viral on WhatsApp which claims that a video file called "Argentia is doing it" will hack your phone in ten seconds. Here's the fact check.
Search engine platforms are flooded with keywords, 'Argentina Is Doing It, Argentina Is Doing It Hack CNN, Argentina Is Doing It Hack, Argentina Is Doing It CNN WhatsApp, Argentina Is Doing It Hack WhatsApp' and so much more ever since Twitter accounts of high-profile global personalities such as Elon Musk, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian West and others were hacked. People have started worrying, and rightly so about their data security in the digital world. Since these accounts were hacked by Bitcoin scammers, misinformation started spreading like wildfire on the topic. In recent, a message has gone viral on Facebook-owned messaging app, WhatsApp that claims that a video file called "Argentina is doing it" will hack your mobile phone in ten seconds.
The WhatsApp forward says "Hackers are going to start circulating a video on WhatsApp that shows how the Covid19 curve is flattening in Argentina. The file is called "Argentina is doing it", do not open it or see it, it hacks your phone in 10 seconds and it cannot be stopped in any way. Pass the information on to your family and friends." Fact Check: Sending Forwarded Good Morning, Good Night Wishes and Festival Greetings on WhatsApp Can Steal Data From Phone? Know the Truth About Viral Message.
A Copy of WhatsApp Forward:
A User Also Shared The Claim on Twitter:
LatestLY Fact Check Team found that the message doing rounds with the claim that a video file named "Argentina is doing it" will hack your mobile is fake. In fact, this type of messages existed before but has been modified.
WhatsApp groups and social media had also received similar types of claims earlier too. A similar sort of message under the titles "Amit Shah disowns Modi" or "Sonia disowns Rahul" also created a buzz this year. However, they too were false.
Thus, it can be said that it is a fake message that just changes its shape while its core is just the same. There is no reality in these messages. No government body or any other security organisations have sent out warnings about the same as well. Hence, it is fake news.
Fact check
A video file called "Argentia is doing it" will hack your phone in ten seconds.
The claim that a video file named "Argentina is doing it" will hack your mobile is fake. In fact, this type of messages existed before but has been modified.
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