If your WhatsApp is hacked, you can retrieve it back in less than 10 minutes if you have a good network connection.
Do not report your number for WhatsApp to block it. Take the recovery simple steps below:
- Uninstall the WhatsApp app from your phone.
- Go to app store and download it afresh.
- Launch the app with the same phone number. Make sure you have the sim card bearing that number which was hacked. A six-digit code will be sent to your phone number via sms.
- Enter the six-digit code that WhatsApp sends to you via sms.
This process logs you into your account immediately, and automatically logs out the hacker.
If you are asked to provide a two-step verification code, when you did not set up one, it means the individual using your account must have activated a two-step verification code.
Since you do not have the code, it means you have to wait 7 days again before you can sign in without the two-step verification code.
Remember that the hacker had been logged out immediately you were logged in with the 6-digit SMS code.
So the hacker cannot continue any chat with your contacts and they cannot even get access to your WhatsApp account during this period.