Fake messenger downloaded around the world, filled up with people advertising.
More than one million people worldwide downloaded a fake update WhatsApp messenger, which was filled up with advertising.
The publication reports that the attackers added to the program Google Play Update WhatsApp Messenger, which was signed by WhatsApp Inc. It is reported that there is a space in the name of the developer asked the other “unikalnym” symbol.
In the end it was misled by the Googlebot, which does not recognize the sequence of characters is identical to an existing and registered the app in the store.
Later, however, fake messenger has been removed from Google Play after many users complained about it.
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