GHANA: Whatsapp Hacker Busted!


The Cyber Crime Unit of the Criminal investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has apprehended a mobile phone repairer who allegedly hacks into people’s social media accounts and uses the information for nefarious activities.

David Sam-Essandoh the suspect allegedly connected the WhatsApp application of his victims through WhatsApp web to a MacBook Pro laptop and subsequently monitor their conversations for motives yet to be established the police said

He was busted when one of his victims suspected that her WhatsApp conversation was not secured and possibly shared and brought her observation to the notice the police.



Chief Superintendent Dr Gustav Herbert Yankson informed journalists that Sam-Essandoh was arrested on 15th August, 2017 in Accra.

On 10th August, a complaint was received at the Cyber Crime Unit from a victim that she suspected her WhatsApp conversation was being monitored.

On receipt of the complaint, Chief Superintendent Yankson said the victim’s mobile phone was examined and it revealed that the WhatsApp application had been connected through WhatsApp web to a MacBook Pro laptop.

David Sam-Essandoh was subsequently arrested while accessing the victim’s conversation via WhatsApp web on his laptop.

Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted the offence claiming that his motive was to uncover conversations in which he was the subject matter

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Further investigations revealed that sometime in July this year, the complainant had a problem with her phone and engaged the suspect for repairs.The suspect allegedly then perpetrated the act after the repairs before returning the phone

The police also discovered that Sam-Essandoh had connected the WhatsApp application of two other ladies on the same computer using different browsers without the knowledge of the victims, and was monitoring their conversations as well. Upon further interrogation on the new development, he reportedly stated thesame motive

David will be made to appear in court for prosecution while the investigation will be expanded to cover other social media platforms and online deals including racketeering .

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