If your phone is suddenly heating up, data is draining quickly, calls or messages are getting forwarded or apps are downloading automatically, then these could be signs of mobile hacking.

In today's digital age, phones have become a vital part of our lives. We can't imagine life without a phone or smartphone. It has become a powerful medium for making calls, as well as for entertainment, information, and knowledge. Today, every task we undertake, whether it's related to banking or our personal information, is stored and managed within our phones. Banking-related tasks are now impossible without a phone.

This is why many gangs and cyber criminals attempt to hack our smartphones and launch cyberattacks to obtain our personal and banking information. Avoiding this can be difficult, but this article will explain the changes and signs that a mobile phone may show when it's been hacked.

Phone overheating

If your phone is overheating, it's not always a problem with the phone itself. It could also be that cyber criminals have hacked your phone. When someone hacks your phone using a spy app, the phone's battery and data consumption increases. This puts an additional strain on the hardware and causes the smartphone to overheat.

Sudden increase in data consumption

If your phone has been hacked, the most obvious sign is a sudden increase in your data consumption. This happens because when hackers connect your phone to their servers, they begin transferring all your information stored on the phone to themselves. This causes your internet to drain quickly. To find out, go to your phone's settings and check your data usage. This will tell you which app is using more data than necessary.

Call and message forwarding

The most common reason hackers hack phones is through messages related to banking and financial transactions. Through these, they can defraud your savings by committing bank fraud. If your mobile phone's message forwarding option is automatically enabled or your calls are being diverted to another number, then understand that a hacker or fraudster is reading and listening to your messages and calls.

Unknown apps are automatically downloaded on the phone

If unknown apps are automatically downloading onto your smartphone without your knowledge, this could be a sign of hacking. Hackers can install spy apps on your mobile and gain access to your valuable information.

Excessive adverts

When you are searching something on the internet or browsing a website and suddenly a lot of advertisements start appearing on your screen, then understands that an attempt is being made to hack your phone.

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