Authy got hacked, and 33 million user phone numbers were stolen - eviltoast
Twilio has updated its iOS Authy two-factor authentication app following a hack that reportedly saw 33 million cellphone numbers being stolen.
  • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    GA now backups your codes in your Google account, so this doesn’t happen anymore.

    • ruse8145@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      They had an obvious solution which is export to an encrypted text files and went with the option that lowers your security

      • dev_null@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Google usually goes with the lowest common denominator solution. There is a staggering amount of people who don’t know what is a file, let alone that phones have any.