“Victims receive an email from an attacker impersonating a US government official, enticing the recipient to click on a QR code. [..] The code, instead of giving access to a WhatsApp group, connects an account to a linked device or the WhatsApp Web portal.” https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/17/russian-hackers-star-blizzard-whatsapp-accounts-ministers-officials