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.
  • Guest_User@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    They absolutely gained unauthorized access to the data. Their access was not intended or sanctioned. If it was intended to be public and accessible like it was, this wouldn’t be a story and they wouldn’t have locked down the access.

    • stephen01king@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      But by the guy’s definition, they also used a loophole to extract sensitive information, so it it also an exploit.